Revision as of 13:54, 11 August 2006

Where can I get it?

Download:

• http://www.net-snmp.org/download/
• ftp://ftp.net-snmp.org/pub/sourceforge/net-snmp/

Web page:

• http://www.net-snmp.org/

Sourceforge Project page:

• http://www.net-snmp.org/project/

Mirrors (note that sourceforge download servers are mirrored themselves):

• US: ftp://ftp.freesnmp.com/mirrors/net-snmp/
• Greece: ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/net/snmp/net-snmp/

   FAQ:General

   This section covers issues related to the project as a whole.

1. What is it?
2. Where can I get it?
3. What documentation is available?
4. Are there binaries available?
5. What's the difference between UCD-SNMP and Net-SNMP?
6. What operating systems does it run on?
7. What happens if mine isn't listed?
8. Does it run on Windows?
9. How do I find out about new releases?
10. How can I find out what other people are doing?
11. How do I submit a patch or bug report?
12. Can I reuse the code in my commercial application?
13. What's the difference between SNMPv1, SNMPv2 and SNMPv3?
    What's the difference between SNMPv2 and SNMPv2c?
14. Which versions of SNMP are supported in this package?
15. Can I use SNMPv1 requests with an SNMPv2 MIB (or vice versa)?
16. How can I monitor my system with SNMP?
17. Where can I find more information about network management?
18. What ports does SNMP use?
19. Is Net-SNMP thread safe?

Additional Contributions

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• When I run the snmpget tutorial, I get a timeout message. How do I fix this?
• When I run the snmpget tutorial I get a bunch of cannot find module errors. How do I fix this?
• ...
• ...

or suggest entries that might be more appropriate in a different section.

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Other FAQ Sections

The other sections are:

   FAQ:General
   FAQ:Applications
   FAQ:Perl
   FAQ:MIBs
   FAQ:Agent
   FAQ:Compiling
   FAQ:Coding
   FAQ:Misc