[SBE] Net Guardian SNMP Monitoring

[Kim Sacks]

Thanks for the quick response Al. I'm so glad I finally found someone that
might be able to help me with this.

I tried to connect the Net Guardian to my APC Smart UPS 1000 via the RS232
connector. The manual for the UPS said it was SNMP enabled, but I was unable
to get the Net Guardian to "see" the UPS. At the time that UPS was the only
thing I had in my shop with SNMP. Sadly, that UPS was killed in a recent
electrical storm. I didn't think of using a crossover cable or null modem
cable at the time, that may have been my problem. Now I need to find a piece
of inexpensive equipment, or borrow something from a client so I can
continue to experiment with SNMP.  What would you recommend to test with? I
have a few consumer (home network) linksys routers laying around, do you
think one of those would work for my testing purposes?

-- 
Kim Sacks, KB3MZX
http://youtube.com/user/RadioCtrlDWife
www.optimod.fm

On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Albert Muick <
radioresearch_field_operations at yahoo.com> wrote:


> Hi Kim,

>

> The NetGuardian is an SNMP-capable unit, and I believe the larger APC units

> as well as the GE SiteMaster units are SNMP controllable.

>

> I'm missing some info from your post...did you have both the NetGuardian

> and

> the UPS configured with IP addresses over the customer's network, or did

> you

> simply connect one to the other?  If you did that, you may need a crossover

> cable to bypass the need for connecting them through a network.  (You can

> tell by the lack of activity on the NIC cards when they are jacked

> together).

>

> SNMP (Simple Network management Protocol) is a standard and is not too hard

> to work with, provided you have all the stuff you need.  Maybe if we can go

> a little further with your test fixture, I or someone else can help you in

> greater detail.  I know you said you sat through the DVD tutorials, so

> maybe

> the problem is something else.

>

> Routers, switches, etc., are also usually SNMP controllable/configurable.

>

> Al Muick CBRE

> MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+