Unable to perform SNMP GET using snmpget CLI command but able to perform SNMP GET using MIB browser

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I was configuring my SNMP agent on a Linux machine, below is the user-defined settings which I have included in the default snmpd.conf settings.

rwuser bootstrap priv
rwuser prateek priv

createUser bootstrap SHA temp_password AES

I then restarted the SNMP service and then tried to perform SNMP GET on sysDescr OID and was able to perform is successful.

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I then tried to same with snmpget CLI command,

snmpget -v 3 -u bootstrap -l authPriv -a SHA -x AES -A temp_password -X temp_password 127.0.0.1:161 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0

but I get the below error.

Timeout: No Response from 127.0.0.1:161

NOTE: SNMP client and agent are running on same host.

Can anyone explain to me why I am unable to perform the same operation which I am able to perform using MIB browser?

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You'd better run the agent on another machine, so that you can use tools like Wireshark to easily analyze network packets. – Lex Li

1 Answers

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The address 127.0.0.1 means you MUST be running the SNMPGET on the same system as the agent, and you have not proven that.

Also, the error message should be "127.0.0.1:161", so either the edit is mistaken, or the command is mistaken. Inconsistencies like this usually points to user error.