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I've installed the SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) agent that ships with Mac OS 8.5, but when I try to access the workstation from my console, I get the message "unreachable via SNMP". I've verified that TCP/IP is working on my computer. What else could be wrong? Is this a known issue with OT/SNMP?
DISCUSSION Background: SNMP is a network management protocol that allows a console to collect and analyze data from agents on the network. Mac OS 8.5 includes SNMP agent software that will allow Macintosh workstations to report information to third-party consoles using SNMP. To run SNMP agent software on a Macintosh, you must initialize the TCP/IP at system startup time for the software to load and for your computer to respond to SNMP queries. On any workstation running the SNMP agent software:
2. Go into "Advanced" mode (using Command-U to bring up the User-level dialog window, select "Advanced" radio button. Click OK). 3. Click "Options" button. 4. Deselect the "Load only when needed" option; this will cause TCP/IP to initialize at system startup time. 5. Restart the workstation. Upon restart, the workstation should be listening for SNMP communications. SNMP uses ports 161 and 162. |
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| Product Area: | Communications-Networking |
| Category: | Network Management |
| Sub Category: | General Topics |
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