Re: [Mibble-users] snmpwalk and the loading the MIB files

[Per Cederberg]

On tue, 2004-12-14 at 10:39 -0800, punit gupta wrote:
> 1.  If this API is not supported, what is the
> alternate way?

The Mibble SNMP API is only a small wrapper around the
Westhawk SNMP stack using synchronous (blocking)
communication.

> 2. Where are these tables stored? I suppose they are
> outside the MIBs. I might be asking a very simple
> question here, but I really a beginner in the area.

Well, a MIB defines the fields, tables and columns that
are possible to monitor through SNMP. It also associates
each one with a unique base OID. This OID must normally
have a .0 or a table row index appended to form an OID
that the SNMP agent (i.e. the device being monitored)
will recognize.

The MIB data, i.e. the actual field values, number of
rows, etc, are always provided by the SNMP agent. The
MIB only declares the existance of a table and the base
OID:s for each column.

Cheers,

/Per