Frequently Asked Questions
1. What is AdventNet SNMP API?AdventNet SNMP API is a set of class libraries in .NET Framework for writing the network management applications. 2. What can I do with this product?This package can be used to develop SNMP management applications to manage SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c agents and talk to agent systems using any of the two versions at the same time. 3. What operating systems does it run on?The product is runs on the following operating systems:
4.How do I start using this package?AdventNet SNMP API distribution consists of the SNMP API - a set of class libraries in .NET to build SNMP management applications.
The product distribution also includes various example applications. It provides a hierarchy of .NET packages for SNMP and MIBs, which helps in developing various applications. 5. What do I need to start developing applications using this package?You need the .NET Framework version 1.1 and Visual J# version 1.1 redistributables to develop applications using this AdventNet SNMP package. In addition, you need to download and setup the AdventNet SNMP package classes. 6. How do I run the various example applications provided?The product distribution includes various example applications in the example directory. Examples include applications, such as snmpget, and snmpgetnext. You can use them to query information from the SNMP agents on your network. All the applications that are used to query an agent have identical syntax. In general, all the command line tools gives help information when you type the following. command-name For example, to get help information on the command snmpgetnext, type: snmpgetnext To execute the application, you have to set the PATH to .NET Framework redistributables and the necessary dll's needs to be copied to the example directory. For compiling the example applications, you can use the utility compile.bat located under the examples\ snmpapps and examples\mibapps directory. For example, compile snmpgetnext.cs will create snmpgetnext.exe. 7. I am able to execute the example applications but I am not getting any results. What should I do?If you get a timeout error after executing the application, the remote host given by you might not have an SNMP agent running on it. The agent should be running on the system on which you are querying. Therefore, install an SNMP agent in the machine or try on some other host which has the SNMP agent. Your network administrator might know more about this. In general, routers, ethernet switches, and network printers have the SNMP agent. You can try querying these devices. 8. Which versions of SNMP are supported
by AdventNet SNMP API?
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