README.smux
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- [1] What is SMUX?
- SMUX is the snmp multiplexing protocol (RFC 1227). It can be
- used by an snmp agent to query variables maintained by another
- user-level process (e.g. GateD).
- [2] Why is it relevant to ucd-snmp?
- The ucd-snmp agent needed a mechanism to query statistics from
- GateD. GateD has traditionally supported this functionality via
- SMUX. Hence SMUX was implemented within the ucd-snmp framework
- to extract routing protocol statistics from GateD. The agent
- can also communicate with other applications via SMUX.
- [3] What is GateD?
- GateD is the 'Gateway Daemon' which implements a variety of routing
- protocols on a variety of platforms (OSes). There is a public
- version that is available free of charge. For more information
- see http://www.gated.org.
- [4] What routing protocol MIBs does ucd-snmp SMUX support?
- GateD supports up-to-date MIBS for all of the routing
- protocols that it implements (RIP, BGP4, OSPF, etc.). The
- agent will pass down queries it receives for any other MIB
- registered by a SMUX peer.
- [5] Can SMUX extract statistics from other user-level processes?
- Yes, the current implementation allows for the registration of
- any MIB that might be registered by a SMUX peer.
- [6] How does it work?
- Assuming 'snmpd' is already up and running, when the SMUX
- peer (e.g. GateD) comes up, it identifies itself with an
- oid identifier and string password, and registers any MIBs
- it would like to implement. When 'snmpd' receives queries
- for these MIBs, it passes these queries to the peer.
- [7] Who implemented SMUX for ucd-snmp?
- SMUX was implemented by Rohit Dube. He had oodles of help from
- ucd-snmp-coders (Dave, Niels, Wes, Simon, Felix, Leonti) and
- gated-people (Acee, Feiyi, Larry, Sue). [If I missed somebody, sorry in
- advance and do let me know]. Later, Nick Amato re-write the entire
- SMUX package so the code today is mostly his.
- [8] How do I find out more about SMUX?
- Read the RFC, the code and get in touch with ucd-snmp-coders@ece.ucdavis.edu