University of Lisbon
                              Faculty of Sciences

                                   13/06/94


                     Thanks for downloading version 1.1 of
                                   snmpman!
                           for Microsoft Windows 3.1

     Perhaps the best utility of its kind, perhaps not.  You be the judge.

                                      by

                                 Abner Correia
                                  Jorge Pires
                                  Tiago Silva
                             (snmpman@di.fc.ul.pt)
                  (http://www.fc.ul.pt/software/snmpman.html)




Install

SnmpMan is  a Microsoft Windows application  that allows you to  manage multiple
machines  on  the  same  network.  To  install  this  application unzip the file
snmpman.zip with the following command  : pkunzip -d snmpman.zip c:\snmpman\*.*.
When the  files are correctly  installed, you must  enter MS Windows,  go to the
Program Manager and  create a new program in your  favorite group. Then you must
edit  the  configuration  file  "snmpman.ini"  with  the notepad application and
specify  your  own  options.  After  this  steps  you  are  ready  to  run  this
application.

Requirements

MS-Windows 3.1, 4Mb of memory. This application requires a TCP/IP communications
packages  with WINSOCK  1.1. In  order to  user the  network auto  discovery the
winsock must provide sockets in SOCK_RAW  mode. This application was tested with
Trumpet Winsock Beta#5.

How to Use

This  application can  notify the  presence  of  a machine  by "pinging"  it and
supports the  SNMP v1 protocol  to control the  network machines. With  the File
menu option you can manage several networks on different files. You can discover
a New  network that  you can  access,  Open  an existing  network, and  Save the
current network.  With the Edit menu  option you can alter  the configuration of
the current network. You can Insert a  new machine, Change / Delete the selected
machine, Find an existing machine on your current network, and Refresh the state
of the machines on  the current network. With the Group menu  option you can ask
the agents  MIB of the  selected machine. You  can specifically ask  for System,
Interfaces and Address Translation group, and ask for any Other MIB variable.


What's New (since version 1.0)

1.Supports SNMP v1 protocol
2.Auto discovery mode ( Ping unknown machines )
3.Speed Improvements 10-20%
4.Possibility of asking  for Other MIB variables
5.Set of new MIB variable values
6.Crashing probability reduced

Bug Reporting

The two known bugs are :
        - running the snmpman.exe with  snmpman.ini file open. Gives a violation
        sharing error;

        -  if the  ping timer  ( on  snmpman.ini )  is too  short the  host name
        requests has no time to come back, causing an overload of the stack.

Please, if you  find bugs or incompatibilities, notify us.  Drop us an E-mail or
send us  a letter. Include  a detailed description  of your problem,  the system
you're running  on, memory available to  Windows, version of Windows,  mode it's
running  in,  display  information,  and  any  other  information  you  think is
relevant.

Our contact information is:

SNMPMAN
Faculdade de Ciencias da
Universidade de Lisboa
(Departamento de Informatica)
Campo Grande-Bloco C5
1700 LISBOA
PORTUGAL

Tel: +351 1 7510003
Fax: +351 1 7577831


How to Get it

snmpman.zip   is    available   by   anonymous   FTP    from   ftp.fc.ul.pt   at
/pub/networking/snmp/snmpman, also on the URL http://www.fc.ul.pt/software.


ToDo

1.Support SNMP v2 protocol
2.Network hierarchy
3.Network manipulation improvements
4.Graphic performance
5.Documentation

And other suggestions that you give us.

        Thanks for using this sfotware
        Obrigado por usar este software.