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<p>Latest FAQ revision - preparing for 5.5 release</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Short, comprehensive (but ultimately unhelpful) anwer - to provide a<br /> perl interface for SNMP operations.<br /> <br /> Longer, incomplete (but more useful) answer - there are probably two<br /> main uses for the Perl SNMP module. The first is for developing client<br /> management applications, using perl to send SNMP requests, and manipulating<br /> or displaying the results. As such, this is a straight alternative to<br /> various other SNMP toolkits currently available (for both perl and other<br /> programming languages).<br /> <br /> The second is as a means for extending the functionality of the Net-SNMP<br /> agent, by implementing new MIB modules. This is an alternative to the<br /> other script-based extension mechanisms, but is more tightly bound to the<br /> Net-SNMP agent (and hence more efficient), while still avoiding the need<br /> to write C code.<br /> <br /> It is also possible to use the perl SNMP module in the snmpd.conf file,<br /> or to process incoming notifications, but the above are probably the<br /> two primary uses.</div>

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