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

Wade Pinkston blata at extent0006.entomology.ohio-state.edu
Fri May 4 22:44:54 EDT 2007


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I experienced almost the same situation, I had different motivation.  I put
dd-wrt on my linksys wrt54g.  Problem solved.

Ethan Dicks 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,
> 
> -ethan
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