FAQ:MIBs

This section covers issues related to the handling of MIB files.

1. Where can I find a MIB compiler?
2. Why aren't my MIB files being read in?
3. Where should I put my MIB files?
4. What does "Cannot find module (XXX-MIB)" mean?
5. I'm getting answers, but they're all numbers. Why?
6. What does "unlinked OID" mean?
7. The parser doesn't handle comments properly. Why not?
8. How can I get more information about problems with MIB files?
9. What's this about "too many imported symbols"?
10. Do I actually need the MIB files?

Can the Net-SNMP API be used for MIB parsing and callbacks related to parsing? Eg, load a MIB file, and get all the symbols exposed by that MIB?

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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