Re: Exception when calling setName on SystemGroup

["Phil Wang" <pywang@nortelnetworks.com>]

Hi Bryan,
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have a couple of questions related to using SNMP API calls.
> 
> 1. When I call systemGroup.setName(String), I get the following
> exception
> 
> Exception:
> com.nortelnetworks.ore.service.jmibmap.loopback.LoopbackException: Ca
> nnot send PDU: com.nortelnetworks.ore.service.jsnmp.SnmpException: PDU
> receive e
> rror: Receive timed out
The problem is that you can not write to the SNMP agent. Try snmpset for
sure.

> 
> 2. As I read from the SNMP spec, SNMP requests should indicate the
> community name it is using, how is that achieved in the API ? Where
> should I set the community name to be for authentication purpose ?
Two communities are used internally by "jmibmap_loopback", they are
"public" and "private". If you want to use your own communities, you'd
re-write the a new JMIB mapper.

On the other hand, these Java mibs (e.g., jmib_mib2 for MIB II) are
automatically generated from their mib texts which do not contain a
community name. So, the JMIB APIs do not support setting a community
name. Rob, it that right?

Thanks,
Phil
> 
> Any comments much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bryan