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<p>Latest FAQ revision - preparing for 5.5 release</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>It can&#039;t.<br /> <br /> The primary purpose of an SNMP agent is to handle requests for<br /> information from management applications. In SNMP terminology,<br /> it acts as a &quot;command responder&quot;.<br /> <br /> It may also issue traps to report significant events or conditions<br /> (&quot;notification generator&quot;). But responding to such notifications<br /> is a significantly different role, and this is handled by a separate<br /> application (&#039;&lt;CODE&gt;snmptrapd&lt;/CODE&gt;&#039;). Note that it is perfectly possible (even<br /> normal) for both agent and trap receiver to run on the same host.</div>

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