snmptest

monitor and manage information on a network entity

Syntax:

snmptest [-d] host community

Options:

-d
Dump input and output packets.
host
An Internet address specified in dot notation or a host name.
community
The community name for the transaction with the remote system.

Description:

The snmptest utility monitors and manages information on a network entity.

After you invoke snmptest, you can enter commands at a line interpreter's prompt:

Please enter the variable name:

At this point, you can enter one or more variable names, one per line. If you enter a blank line, snmptest sends a request for each of the variables (in a single packet) to the network entity. See the file mib.txt for the format specification of variable names. For example, if you enter:

snmpget netdev-kbox.cc.cmu.edu public

Please enter the variable name: system.sysdescr.0

Please enter the variable name:

then snmptest returns information about the request and reply packets, as well as:

Name: system.sysDescr.0
OCTET STRING- (ascii): Kinetics FastPath2

By default, snmptest sends a GET request packet but you can change this as follows:

In order to:Enter this command:
send GET NEXT request$N
send SET request$S
send GET request$G
toggle the dumping of each sent and received packet$D
quit the utility$Q

If you enter $S, then snmptest requests information about each variable. First it prompts you for the variable type:

Please enter variable type [i|s|n]:

If the variable is:Enter:
integeri
octet strings
nulln

After you enter a character, snmptest prompts you for a value:

Please enter new value:

For this variable type:Enter:
integerinteger in decimal
stringwhitespace-delimited decimal numbers, one per byte of the string

See also:

snmpd, snmpget, snmpgetnext, snmpnetstat, snmpstatus, snmptrap, snmptrapd, snmpwalk, mib.txt file

RFC 1065, RFC 1066, RFC 1067

Marshall T. Rose, The Simple Book: An Introduction to Internet Management, 2nd ed. (Prentice-Hall, 1994, ISBN 0-13-177254-6)