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SNMP: A Guide to Network Management

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Dr. Sidnie Feit's SNMP: A Guide to Network Management has been my bible in creating a SNMP program from scratch. Feit brings you step by step through what SNMP is, how it works, encoding, packet creation, and common MIBs. This SNMP book did not put me to sleep like some others I have read...

This book has been my SNMP bible while building an HP OpenView NMS. Is has been the guide to SNMP that the vendors forgot to include.

SNMP was something completely new for me and i was struggling to understand it reading various RFC's. Althoug they helped but it was not unless i started reading this book that SNMP seemed something really interesting to work with.Sincere thanks to Dr Feit.

I'm new to the network management field. I found though, that introductory concepts were explained, and explained in a clear simple way. Even though I had read explanations before - this time I understood because of the writing style.

I found this book as a very good learning book for the SNMP protocol and MIB structure. The book is very good for those who want to understand SNMP and the popular MIBs. The part about SNMP v2 is a bit detached and fuzzy. I would expect a more comprehensive explanation about SNMPv2c which is the most popular v2 variant.

An excellent source of information for readers at all levels. Explains SNMP in the simplest terms for novice readers and provides pointers for the more experienced ones.

I am new to the network management field and need to get up to speed quickly. This book is written in such a way to communicate a lot of technical information quickly and is just what I needed. Thanks, Dr Feit, for the help.

I used this book while implementing an SNMP client from scratch. Although the book contained pretty much all the information I needed, I never considered it to be easy to use or particularly helpful. Perhaps if I *already* was familiar with SNMP it might have been an acceptable reference. Don't expect any programming help. This book just talks about the spec. An infuriating amount of background info where you don't need it, and not enough detail where you want it. This book is also long on SNMP jargon and short on orienting material to help you demystify the jargon. Maybe I was just in a bad mood when I was reading it.

This book is a classic. It is well written and easy to understand and follow. This book is able to describe the protocol details in a very lucid manner. Other books tend to be nothing more than dumps of the RFCs. I only wish the author (or publisher) would update this classic text.