Re: SNMP and mibs?

["Ciaran Johnston" <cj@nologic.org>]

Jan Johansson said:
> I have the following components on a debian system
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> I have downloaded printer.mib from mibdepot. Renamed the file from
> mib->txt, copied it to /usr/share/snmp/mibs, deleted the .index file.
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> Yet, snmpwalk gives me (among others)
> .iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt.mib-2.43.7.1.1.4.1.9 = INTEGER: 2004 when
> querying a HP-printer.
>
> Why isnt the printer mib being used? What am i missing here?
> .1.3.6.1.2.1.43 should be "printer mib"?

what happens if you use "-M /usr/share/snmp/mibs" or "-m
/usr/share/snmp/mibs/printer.txt" with snmpwalk? If this works, there is a
configuration problem and the mibdir is not getting picked up. If it
doesn't, it's likely you have the wrong mib, or netsnmp doesn't understand
the mib.

Regards,
Ciaran.

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