Talk:Simple Network Management Protocol

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1 Compatibility between versions?
2 Yes, but what does it do?
3 A list of SNMP Features would be useful
4 This seems to be plagiarism.

[edit] Compatibility between versions?

Can someone please add some data regarding the extent of (backward) compatibility between SNMP versions?

For instance, can devices using SNMP v3, v2(whatever) and v1 operate efficiently on the same network . . . ignoring security issues (in the event it is a standalone environment)?

I am a little surprised that there is no discussion page for the SNMP Article. There are always lively discussions at the IETF meetings. Wes Hardaker, where are you? Randy Preshun? David Levi? Anyone out there? David Battle

Who wants to deal with SNMP more than they absolutely have to? Ha ha, only serious. Then again, Vint Cerf keeps on mentioning once ever few years about how he's going to write SXXP or BXXP or whatever the successor is going to be.... --moof 04:25, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

I added the 'section cleanup' tag to the 'Architecture' section. The section starts by listing the three components of an SNMP architecture, but fails to define either of the first two. It makes offhand reference to the second, but does not even mention the first.

I am only now learning about SNMP, so the lack of those definitions makes the page nearly useless. Could someone with a greater knowledge of SNMP fix this?

Maplebed 18:19, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

It's been a while since I did serious work with SNMP, but I've tried to fill in the gaps although the article remains rough around the edges.

Ray Dassen 19:28, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Hi, I'm new to editing in Wikipedia. Currently I am studying about SNMPs too. And I have made a few changes in the Architecture and MIBs. I have also added a new section about Proxy agents. Please review and make changes as necessary.

[edit] Yes, but what does it do?

I notice that this article says a lot about the history and the structure of SNMP, but very little about what it actually does or why. Can someone more knowledgeable than me help with this?Urocyon 04:12, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

I've added a bit about router graphing software (which builds on data gathered through SNMP) to the example section. Hope that helps somewhat. Ray Dassen 06:26, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

I fleshed out some of the possible uses, with a few starter points to get new people off and running. I also noted a few of the major gotchas that come along with SNMP deployment. Billndotnet 00:06, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

I added both a refference to the Network management model that defines the reason for snmp and to FCAPS that defines the functionality of snmp--Mancini 16:07, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A list of SNMP Features would be useful

To help the newbie understand the 'why' of SNMP, it might be useful to start this article with a list of SNMP's features, such as

provides a way to ask a device on a network to describe itself.
information is organized by keyword and a corresponding value, for example you can ask a device for its 'sysLocation' and receive a response like 'Room 202A'.
There is a single family tree (hierarchy) of keywords for all of SNMP, which makes it easy to attach new branches to this tree as new needs arise.