From: Kyle Schmitt <kyleaschmitt@...>
Date: 2010-01-21T00:30:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Working with SNMP

> I've not used the ruby snmp library yet. But I have been using ruby to
> drive NetSNMP.
> It's a good tool to use to make sure the agent that you're trying to
> communicate with
> is working properly. Also using wireshark to see what going on is also
> useful - it allows
> you to load your device specific mibs.
>
>
> regards,
> Darryl

Darryl, isn't driving NetSNMP's cli client from ruby a little
cumbersome?  Or are you using the libs directly through ffi?

For simple snmp stuff I've been using the s2nmp library.
http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/m6809/

It's pretty straight forward, like this little snippet (this just gets
the status of the consumables on a printer).

#!/usr/bin/ruby
require 'socket'
require 's2nmp'
printer=SNMP.new("lj2")
printer.get("public",["1.3.6.1.2.1.43.11.1.1.9.1.1"])
puts printer.vars