Setting up SNMP services on the receiving machine

  Windows

To install the SNMP service on a machine running Windows:

  1. Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs > Add/Remove Windows Components.
  2. Select Management and Monitoring Tools.
  3. Click Details.
  4. Select the Simple Network Management Protocol check box.
  5. Click OK.

You might be asked for lmmib2.dll that can be found on the installation disc of your operating system. 

  Linux

To receive SNMP messages on a machine running Linux, the net-snmp (for RHEL and SUSE) or the snmpd (for Debian) package has to be installed.

SNMP can be configured using the snmpconf command. The default configuration files are located in the /etc/snmp directory:

  • /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf – configuration file for the Net-SNMP SNMP agent
  • /etc/snmp/snmptrapd.conf – configuration file for the Net-SNMP trap daemon.

Setting up SNMP services on the receiving machine