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Re: Need HELP for SNMP

2000-02-16 08:10:02
On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 18:41:53 +0530, Sriram Shanmugam 
<SSriram(_at_)ssdi(_dot_)sharp(_dot_)co(_dot_)in>  said:
      I would like to a develop the code do discover all the SNMP Agents
present on the Network , how do i go abt it?.

Step 1: Send a ping to the subnet's broadcast address.

Step 2: For each machine that answers, contact its port 161, and see if
you get 'port unreachable'.

Step 3: For each machine that did ping, but doesn't say 'port unreachable',
try talking SNMP to the port.

Step 4: Make sure you've talked to the network/security administrator BEFORE
you do this, so you are not lynched by the admins of machines that have
tripwired port 161 to detect portscans....

In other words, be *VERY* sure that you have management backing before trying
it.  Failing to ask first can be quite a Career Limiting Move....

-- 
                                Valdis Kletnieks
                                Operating Systems Analyst
                                Virginia Tech



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