SNMP C++ Library, MIB Compiler and SNMP Testing Tools
These are commercial products. The SNMP Builder for C++ has two different packages, supporting Windows 2003/2000/XP operating systems:
- SNMP Builder for Microsoft VC++ v6 and .NET 2003, 2005.
- SNMP Builder for Borland C++ Builder v6 and Studio 2006.
Both SNMP Builder packages include:
- MIB Compiler.
- SNMP C++ Class Library v3.3 supporting SNMP v2c and v1.
- SNMP Sender and Tracer Utilities.
- Guide and Reference Manual.
- Examples.
The MIB Compiler with a friendly and flexible graphic user interface allows the quick and easy accomplishment of the MIB compilation process. A programmer can determine the correct order of MIBs to compile in a matter of seconds using powerful built-in error processing and file search facilities. The final step of the MIB compilation process is generation of C++ header files with MIB object definitions.
The MIB Compiler enables SNMP object references to use symbolic names. This makes programming easier and simplifies the software maintenance and modification process. New, efficient, easy to use and versatile methods have been added to make software development even easier and more pleasant. As with the SNMP Toolkit, the SNMP Builder comes with two very useful SNMP tools:
- An SNMP Sender and
- An SNMP Tracer.
These two GUI utilities provide a much more precise and flexible interface (comparing to MIB browser) assisting in debugging of SNMP software and also in studying how the existing SNMP software works in real life applications.
The Tracer utility replaces the need for a very expensive protocol analyzers. It can display both parsed SNMP message fields (SNMP message header, PDU fields and variable binding list details) and raw message data. The trace can be saved and printed. The utility can receive on standard SNMP ports: 161 and 162, and also on non-standard ports.
The Sender utility includes a graphic editor enabling the creation of SNMP request messages with precise control of message type, header fields and variable binding list. The utility can send the requests to a specified destination, displaying the details about sent requests and received replies. The sender can send the same request multiple times to a single destination, measuring network performance and the maximum number of requests an agent can process per second. These requests can be saved and then used later on during regression testing.
The detailed programming guide and reference manual in Adobe Acrobat format contains hyperlinks which simplify the quick reference look-up and serves as an on-line help. The extensive programming guide illustrates all the aspects, features and pitfalls of using class library objects, methods and properties to achieve maximum performance, reliability and flexibility of the software being developed.
