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.TH SNMPTEST 1 "17 September 1989"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
snmptest - communicates with a network entity using SNMP GET Requests.
.SH SYNOPSIS
snmptest host community
.SH DESCRIPTION
Snmptest is a flexible SNMP application that can monitor and manage
information on a network entity.
.PP
The
.I host
specification may be either a host name or an internet address
specified in "dot notation"
.PP
The
.I community
specifies the community name for the transaction with the remote system.
.PP
After invoking the program, a command line
interpreter proceeds to accept commands.  It will prompt with:
.PP
.I Please enter the variable name:
.PP
At this point you can enter one or more variable names, one per line.
A blank line is a command to send a request for each of the variables (in a single
packet) to the remote entity. Each variable name is given in the format specified in
.IR variables (5).
For example
.PP
.I snmpget netdev-kbox.cc.cmu.edu public
.br
.I Please enter the variable name: system.sysdescr.0
.br
.I Please enter the variable name: 
.PP
Will return some information about the request and reply packets, as well as the
information:
.PP
.I Name: system.sysDescr.0
.br
.I OCTET STRING- (ascii):	Kinetics FastPath2
.PP
Upon startup, the program defaults to sending a GET Request packet.  This can be changed
to a GET NEXT Request or a SET Request by typing the commands "$N" or "$S" repectively.  Typing
"$G" will go back to the GET Request mode.
.PP
The command "$D" will toggle the dumping of each sent and received packet.
.PP
When in the "SET Request" mode, more information is requested by the prompt for each variable.  The prompt:
.PP
.I Please enter variable type [i|s|n]: 
.PP
requests the type of the variable be entered.  Type "i" for an integer, "s" for an octet string,
and "n" for a null value.
.br
At this point a value will be prompted for:
.PP
.I Please enter new value: 
.PP
If this is an integer value, just type the integer (in decimal).  If it is a string, type in
white-space seperated decimal numbers, one per byte of the string.  Again type a blank line at
the prompt for the variable name to send the packet.
.PP
At the variable name line, typing "$Q" will quit the program.
.PP
Adding a "-d" to the argument list will cause the application to dump input and output packets.
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
variables(5), RFC 1065, RFC 1066, RFC 1067