Hi there !

I have a network printer that has SMNP support.
Doing a "snmpbulkwalk -c public -v 2c 192.168.155.226 ." return a lot of data, some in plain english (SNMPv2-MIB::snmpOutGetResponses.0) but the most interesting part is something obscure (SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.11.2.3.9.4.2.1.1.2.21.0 = INTEGER: 100663296 ). For the last, I just figure out it is the installed memory on device, 96MBytes.

I got a MIB from HP's site, in plain ascii text. The comments on the header of file says:
-- This MIB file is the Master MIB file for the JetDirect SNMP implementation.
-- It includes all objects defined for both internal cards and external boxes.
--
-- This MIB successfully compiles with mosty 7.1. (as of 7/25/95)
--
-- Last Updated: April 24, 1998
--
-- HP OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso org(3) dod(6) internet(1) private(4) enterprises(1) 11 }

The question is: How can I use this file to translate those numeric identifiers in something I can understand, like "installedMemory" or whatever ?

any hints will be welcome,

just place the file in your system mib directory, e.g. /usr/local/share/snmp/mibs then use the -m option to explicitly use them. there are a LOT of mibs and they aren't all loaded by default. you can use the MIBLIST environmental variable to set which additional ones are always loaded by the snmp tools. check the snmpwalk / snmpget / snmpcmd manpages for additional information.

also you can use ~/.snmp/snmp.conf to save configuration details like this.

Thanks guys !
all hints worked. I missed the snmpcmd man page where all common options are described. Sorry for that !

thanks a lot,