Software development using SNMP

Question

Hi!!

I would like to write a code in java for network management and monitoring using snmp. Can somebody tell me how to go about with this? what are the inputs that are needed?

Thanks, ann

Answer 1

The SNMP4J project might be a good place to start.

Answer 2

I also recommend SNMP4J unless you're willing to pay for AdventNet SNMP library. Looks like adventnet got bought.

• Usually you create an SNMP target(snmp version, host, authentication)
• Set the list of OIDs to query
• Retrieve the results or update some values

For your other question, SNMP is the protocol and SNMP4J is a java library to help you talk to that protocol.