Revision as of 13:22, 28 December 2006

What documentation is available?

• This FAQ (!)
• README and individual READMEs for various platforms
• README.thread (discusses threading issues)
• INSTALL
• PORTING
• EXAMPLE.conf
• man pages for the individual tools, files and the API

at http://www.net-snmp.org/man/

• A guide for extending the agent
• Tutorials for both net-snmp v5 and the older ucd-snmp (v4)

at http://www.net-snmp.org/tutorial-5/

and http://www.net-snmp.org/tutorial/ respectively

Most of this documentation (plus archives of the mailing lists) is also available on our web page:

http://www.net-snmp.org/

There is also a Wiki (including a community-maintained version of this FAQ) at:

http://www.net-snmp.org/wiki/

(But I guess you probably already know that :-))

   FAQ:General
   

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?