[COLUG] SNMP-aware equipment for the home network?
Dan Hill
tkrin at tkrin.net
Thu May 3 16:46:31 EDT 2007
Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
>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,
How about an ASUS WL-320gp.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320017
I've not yet used it myself though.
~Dan
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