What kind of device are you attempting to poll via SNMP? Find out who manages it and ask him or her. Typically, SNMP probably wouldn't be enabled by default. You can always try a community string of "public", as some people like to enable SNMP in this way (not that I recommend it).
The method you use to poll the device in question depends upon the device you are polling from. If it is a unix derivative, snmpget and snmpwalk are very handy. If you're using a Windows box, you might want to try something like MG-Soft's MIB browser, which has a eval version. Good Luck! fitz -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 10:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [rrd-users] Re: Default community string and SNMP It was foretold that on Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:46:25 +0000, yaka patiya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> would mumble: > Can someone tell me what's the best way to find out if SNMP is enabled. I > think I can do this through getif. But how will I know what the community > string is? How can I find that out ? Any help would be appreciated. > > Regards, > > T You could try to connect to the SNMP port (usually 161). If the connection is successful, SNMP should be running on the target. About the community string: since this is a *password* for SNMP access, it is secret and therefore not readable. Greetings, Peter Buecker -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/rrd-users WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/rrd-users WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi
