Re: (PM) Use SNMP to reset ports?

Michael J. Maravillo (mmj@philonline.com.ph)
Mon, 10 Nov 1997 22:25:18 +0800 (GMT+0800)

On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, Rick Ernst wrote:

>I'm starting to mess around with SNMP for user monitoring, and to check
>for multiple logins.
>
>The monitoring is working fine, but is there an SNMP set/write I can use
>to reset a port? Right now, all I can do is log the multiple logins, or
>call a script to boot the individual user off.

This one works for me (from a perl script):

$snmpset = "/usr/bin/snmpset -v 1 -q";
$pmreset = "$snmpset $NASIPADDRESS private 2.2.1.7.".($NASPORT+2)." i 2 > /dev/null";
system($pmreset);

2.2.1.7 is interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifAdminStatus from livingston.mib
and it's ACCESS is read-write.

Regards,
Mike
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