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Net::SNMP, version 4.0.3

NAME

Net::SNMP - Object oriented interface to SNMP

DESCRIPTION

The Net::SNMP module implements an object oriented interface to the Simple Network Management Protocol. Perl applications can use the module to retrieve or update information on a remote host using the SNMP protocol. The module supports SNMP version-1, SNMP version-2c (Community-Based SNMPv2), and SNMP version-3. The Net::SNMP module assumes that the user has a basic understanding of the Simple Network Management Protocol and related network management concepts.

INSTALLATION

To install the Net::SNMP module and all of it's dependencies directly from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) execute the

command

perl -MCPAN -e "install Net::SNMP"

The Net::SNMP module can also be installed using the distribution file downloaded from CPAN. After unpacking the file, perform one of the following steps while in the top level directory of the distribution:

1. Create a makefile by running Perl against Makefile.PL and then run make:

                perl Makefile.PL
                make test
                make install

        b.  Copy or move the entire directory structure (including 
            files) located under the lib/Net directory in the 
            distribution into a directory named Net in a Perl library 
            directory.

REQUIREMENTS

Net::SNMP uses syntax that is not supported in versions of Perl earlier than v5.6.0.

The non-core modules Crypt::DES, Digest::MD5, Digest::SHA1, and Digest::HMAC are needed to support SNMPv3.

DOCUMENTATION

Documentation is included as part of the Net::SNMP module in Plain Old Documentation (POD) format.

AUTHOR

David M. Town <dtown@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1998-2002 David M. Town. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

RCS

$Id: README,v 1.1 2002/12/05 01:25:13 russ Exp $