== snmpget ==
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The [[GET]] request is one of the basic operations of the SNMP protocol, retrieving the information associated with the specified OID from the target agent.  The [[snmpget]] application implements this protocol operation.
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The snmpget command can be used to retrieve data from a remote host given its host name, authentication information and an OID. As a simple example:
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== Basic Example ==
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