[wplug] linksys, netgear, etc. nat box logging software

terry mcintyre terrymcintyre at yahoo.com
Sun Sep 19 17:50:22 EDT 2004


I don't know much about snmptrapfmt, but you
can do better. You need to find a MIB for the
router - it will help to decode the snmp output.
And you may or may not need something which
understands
how to decode MIBs. I did a bit of googling, wasn't
able to locate the docs for snmptrapfmt.

--- Karlos Abel <kgreat4 at connecttime.net> wrote:

> > It supports snmp and I've set up snmptrapfmt, but
> I must admit that the
> > information it's logging isn't really meaningful
> to me. Is there a way
> > process this type of thing: 
> > 
> > 20040919.134240#192.168.0.1#(null)#6#1#327904#[1]
> >          SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3955.1.1.0
> (OctetString) : @in
> >          4.183.152.175 3939 141.158.106.10
> 445.#[2]
> >          SNMP-COMMUNITY-MIB::snmpTrapAddress.0
> (OctetString) :
> >          192.168.0.1#[3]
> SNMP-COMMUNITY-MIB::snmpTrapCommunity.0
> >          (OctetString) : public
> > 
> > into something meaningful. The reason I am curious
> is that everyonce in a
> > while network traffic at home stops and I have to
> reboot the router in
> > order to get it to work. I thought that by logging
> the snmp stuff I might
> > be able to grok the problem. I suppose I'll have
> to wait until it locks up
> > again and see what the log says, if anything.
> -- 
> Karl Abel
> DrBA Productions
> kgreat4 at connecttime.net
> www.voidship.net
> 
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> trying to reform me." -- Paul
> Butterfield
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