[ale] [OT] recommendations for snmp manager that may run in windows.

[JK]

On 2/16/2010 11:23 AM, Chris Fowler wrote:
> Look for Whats Up(sp?).
>
> The key here is that if they want audible alarms for every trap they'll
> begin to ignore them real fast.  Filtering is critical.
>
> You could probably easily crank out a perl program that listens on port
> 161 and accepts v1 traps.


I think you'd want to listen on 162.  161 is for manager<-->agent exchanges,
162 is for traps.  Though the agents I've worked with usually allow the
manager to set a different port for trap delivery.


>  That program could then look at a database,
> spread sheet, or text file then use something like Audio::Play to crate
> an audible alert and play it through the computer speakers.


And slap a Perl/Tk front end on it for lusers' convenience...

Truly, for something this simple, a couple hours development work is
probably less effort than climbing the learning curve of a complete
SNMP management solution. At least, for a developer who knows SNMP
well.

-- JK


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