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mrtg package

snmp error

Asked by aneesh

When Iam try to make a .cfg file for a switch (ip=10.10.1.254) for mrtg by typing the command "cfgmaker public@10.10.1.254 > /etc/mrtg.cfg" an error message has appeared

 " snmp error:
 no response received
SNMPv1_Session (remote host: "10.10.1.254" [10.10.1.254].161)
                  community: "public"
                 request ID: -1011928030
                PDU bufsize: 8000 bytes
                    timeout: 2s
                    retries: 5
                    backoff: 1)
 at /usr/share/perl5/SNMP_util.pm line 629
SNMPWALK Problem for 1.3.6.1.2.1.1 on public@10.10.1.254::::::v4only
 at /usr/bin/cfgmaker line 957
WARNING: Skipping public@10.10.1.254: as no info could be retrieved

Please help me for rectifying this error

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David Hoeffer (d-hoeffer) said : 		#1

It just means that the switch did not answer to an SNMP query. You could try verifying with any other SNMP tool whether the switch does answer to SNMP requests and whether "public" is really the right community string.

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