1 INFO-VAX	Wed, 10 Mar 2004	Volume 2004 : Issue 139       Contents:3 Re: SNMP newbie question: description of all OIDs ?   F ----------------------------------------------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 11:52:37 +0100 - From: "Winfried Bergmann" <dummy@empuron.com> < Subject: Re: SNMP newbie question: description of all OIDs ?: Message-ID: <c2ms1f$1v9j3q$1@ID-170759.news.uni-berlin.de>  = "JF Mezei" <jfmezei.spamnot@istop.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag # news:404EF1C2.8D339188@istop.com... K > Ok, I installed new "hacked" software on my hetgear router which gives me  SNMPB > functionality. I've been able to extract all of the OIDs  with a snmp_request > getnext -l command.  > K > But how do I go about finding out what each of those OIDs actually mean ?  >  > for instance: 0 > 1.3.6.1.4.1.890.1.2.7.1.1.8.1  user@domain.com > C > Yeah, I can figure that this variable is the username to use when  espatishing L > those pesky PPPoE sessions.  But If I didn't know what it meant, how would I I > go about finding out what it was ? Must I consult multiple RFC files to L > manually traverse the tree, or is there some central registry when you canJ > punch in the complete number and get a direct answer for that particular > variable ?  K Check the MIB of the agent. Most of the time, the OIDs are commented in the H "Description" field. Ask your SNMP manager (your "getnext" command?)  toK read the description of the OID (reads the description field from the MIB). J Also check the MIB, which RFC is used and get the document. Or finally get$ the documentation of the SNMP agent.   ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2004.139 ************************