[COLUG] SNMP-aware equipment for the home network?

Ethan Dicks ethan.dicks at gmail.com
Thu May 3 15:12:28 EDT 2007


On my most recent assignment, I've been rolling out a rather extensive
MRTG implementation and have a hankering to run it at home.
Unfortunately, with only a few exceptions, my network gear is too
stupid to run an SNMP server.  Does anyone know of Netgear/SMC/Linksys
802.11whatever box I can stick between the cable modem and the house
that speaks SNMP?  Yes, I know I can roll my own router - I was doing
that a long time ago with LRP and a 2-slot 486 box.  It worked fine
until I needed features that just wouldn't fit into the floppy-based
distro, then the project died, etc., etc.  I'm just looking for an
appliance that routes, NATs, does wireless. etc., like an SMC 7004VBWR
and many other sub-$100 products, that _also_ can be queried by SNMP.
It is entirely acceptable that the answer is "there aren't any".  If
that's the case, then that's the way it is, and I'll have to roll my
own.   However, for the sake of the folks around me that have never
pored over kernel or driver code, I'd prefer just to open a box and
set it up than building and tweaking yet another machine.

Thanks for any pointers,

-ethan


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