I was thinking maybe its something you could use nvsniffer for to check to
see if port 161 will response. Have not tried it, but it's a idea.

-----Original Message-----
From:   Art DeBuigny [SMTP:debuigny AT DALLAS DOT NET]
Sent:   Wednesday, July 21, 1999 1:44 PM
To:     NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu
Subject:        Re: SNMP Monitoring

VInce;

I know of no way to get NetView to generate a trap when a device looses its
ability to talk SNMP.  I suppose you can write a script to periodically try
an snmpget on a device and then manually send a trap to NetView when a
failure occurs.

Art DeBuigny
debuigny AT dallas DOT net
art.debuigny AT bankofamerica DOT com
Bank of America Network Operations
-----Original Message-----
From: Vince Rosso <Vince_Rosso AT TRANSALTA DOT COM>
To: NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU <NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU>
Date: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 12:01 PM
Subject: SNMP Monitoring


>Vince Rosso@TRANSALTA
>21/07/99 10:59 AM
>
>We are running  v5.1.1 Netview on Digital UNIX v4.0d.  We are trying to
>find a way to check if an SNMP agent is running on a device.   Often times
>the device is pingable but the SNMP agent has failed which doesn't allow
>for data collection or trap generation from the device.   Is there a way
>for Netview to check for SNMP running on  nodes and if it isn't then
>generate a trap so that it can be dealt with.  Thanks!