Send SNMP message to a server

[stateofidleness]

Well today I got asked to have my application send an "SNMP" message to our company's server if certain conditions are met.

I have no clue how to do this and a brief googling turned up a lot of C# results and a lot of the same unanswered question from others.

I really don't know where to start. Is there an API I need to research? a free library? do I need sockets and all that?

First time ever doing any snmp stuff so I'm a little lost.

Any help is GREATLY appreciated!

[dbasnett]

Take a look at this

http://sharpsnmplib.codeplex.com/

[stateofidleness]

i tried that one, and it was the simplest of the ones i found. problem is, since it sends a udp packet, how can i know if it works or not? there's no response.

[dbasnett]

Sounds like SNMP to me. What kind of message did you send?

[stateofidleness]

they fail to tell you that you need the SNMP service installed and running (which I have) and have it configured properly.

I tested using their sample code off the site changing parameters where necessary. run the program and no errors, works just fine. however, the SNMP manager that I'm sending it to doesn't show it.

the setup I have now is to write events to Event Viewer for my application and send traps based on those events. I believe this is working, but again no way to test for sure. It would be nice if I could send the trap myself straight from my application.

[dbasnett]

Does the management station have a MIB for the trap you are sending? Try sending one of the generic traps, at least you will know the management station is receiving the information.

[asommer]

May be it helps:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/Sen...rom_GMAIL.aspx