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Summary: excellent book (sad, the smic compiler does not work)
Review: A very good book. Sufficient details to write your own mib. The sample Mib developed in it is very helpful. I only hope the authors had not discontinued the SMIC compiler that earlier came on the CD and Worked!
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Summary: SNMP MIBs is an essential reference work
Review: As co-chair of the IETF's SNMPv3 working group (the group that defines SNMP), I am constantly asked questions about how to implement some detail of a MIB, or to act as the authority in settling a dispute over the way somebody has implemented a MIB, ot to guide the empoyees in my company about organizing our enterprise MIB. This book, more than any other book I own, provides me with solid reference material about MIBs and SMIv2, and it is the first book I use to find the answers I need.
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Summary: Good one on SNMP MIBS
Review: Before reading this book, I even donot know the expanded one of MIB. This book is a good one for starters like to get in depth knowledge. Authors put everything simple and in a understanable manner which enabled me to have a clear idea to drive me for a successful development of an interface between MIB and a customer care billing system.
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Summary: Should be a standard reference
Review: Dave Perkins and Evan McGinnis have put together what has to be one of the most useful books I've ever shelled out my own money for. I've been writing MIBs since 1993 and find this is the reference that I use the most. It covers the basics and also advanced topics. The authors include notes of caution and don't mind giving their opinion - which is actually labelled as such.
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Summary: If you have to write an SNMP agent, just buy it.
Review: I bought many books about SNMP, I like it most. It describes every detail about SNMP. I feel that the author write this book after he well understanding SNMP, including its advantage and disadvantage. This is not a copy-paste book. I like its precise description about every part that could confuse a beginner.
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Summary: Waste of money
Review: I bought this book based on information provided by the reviews here. To be honest, this book is outdated, confusing, and probably a sales pitch for the so-called SMICng tool the authors had developed. I wish I could return the book and spend the money somewhere else.
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Summary: This book did not help me much
Review: I disagree with most of the reviews on this book. I was tasked with writing a MIB and this book did not do much for me. For instance, the IMPORTS clause, standard in any MIB. The author only gave a brief defenition of what it is, no examples, no explination of WHY one imports something! A MIB you write will not compile or work without a proper IMPORT clause. Reading this book takes great effort. Not an easy reas at all and I have been working with SNMP for 5 years and am a Certified OpenView Consultant, and have been for 3 years. There are part of this book that are helpful, but if you are going to be writing a MIB for the first time do not count on this book to help you get it done. Try Total SNMP, which gived a better breakdown and look at some of the MIBs already out there like the UPS MIB.
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Summary: Excellent! Nothing better.
Review: I found this book to be excellent in helping me write my own SNMP MIBs for my job. No other reference or book was even close. The book focuses on explaining SNMP MIBs and their syntax. This is extremely important, because the SNMP MIB syntax, while standardized by the IETF RFCs, is not followed strictly by vendors (probably because they didn't have this book). The strength of this book is that it provides PRACTICAL information on making your own MIBs. Whereas books like Stalling's SNMP book cover the standard, they don't always give you the practical day-to-day help for your job. The authors experience in SNMP MIBs is geniuine as evidenced by their development of a commercial MIB compiler. Now the negatives:
1) This book was published in 1997 and needs updating
2) Book plugs the author's own MIB compiler. These days other
MIB compilers are available. Nice to have it included on the CDROM
3) Authors periodically express their "Own Opinion" regarding RFCs and make their recommendations. While these are interesting, I don't find them useful. For example, recommending disallowing hypens from labels from v1 to v2. At this point, the standard is the standard. Again, these may have made more sense in 1997. In summary, buy this book if you are a need to understand MIBs - either a MIB writer or an SNMP developer.
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Summary: NOT for Beginners!
Review: I have read a pretty good portion of this book, but I just can't continue. My task at work is to learn about SNMP and start monitoring our equipment. This is a simple task that should be fairly straightforward. Unfortunately, I haven't found any two resources that can even agree on the definition of a MIB. Not even this book, one that's dedicated to MIBs, has helped me out. If you're looking for a good beginner's guide, don't waste your money on this book. If you don't know where to begin to compile MIBs, don't buy this book. Unless you deeply understand SNMP and are to the point where you feel you have to write MIBs, don't buy this book. You'll be sadly disappointed. I'm sure this is a wonderful book for the right audience, and I respect the authors for their technical abilities. My problem is not with the book, but with the way the book is marketed within the SNMP community.
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Summary: Worth the Money
Review: I have read and reviewed most of these SNMP books. In general, they are not very good. This one is EXCELLENT. However, it is definitely for people developing mibs and not somebody looking to understand how SNMP works. It is a resource as an SNMP developer I could not live without.
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