SNMP Over Wi-Fi Wireless Networks

Abstract

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) allows users of network equipment (i.e. Network Administrators) to remotely query the state of any device being tested for system load utilization and configuration. Windows NT Windows 2000 and Windows XP Processional are all equipped with SNMP service so that an SNMP manager can communicate with an SNMP agent running on a wireless 802.11b client. However the rest of Windows operating systems including Windows CE and a Pocket PC have to run third party proxy SNMP agents in order to be recognized by an SNMP management application. This thesis describes an implementation of a Pocket PC SNMP agent for two Pocket PC mobile devices accessing a wired network via an 802.11b wireless link. As a result of the implementation performed in this thesis an SNMP manager can wirelessly communicate with a Pocket PC client. However other results found that only some of the commercially available SNMP managers are able to access the mobile SNMP client and its management information base due to incompatible implementations of the server and client software.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA415074

Entities

People

  • Jiradett Kerdsri

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Protocols
  • Application Software
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Links
  • Local Area Networks
  • Mobile Devices
  • Mobile Phones
  • Network Architecture
  • Network Protocols
  • Network Science
  • Operating Systems
  • Personal Computers
  • Web Browsers
  • Wireless Communications

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking