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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Id: README,v 1.54 2002/01/29 09:45:55 guy Exp $ +$Id: README,v 1.55 2002/03/11 02:12:41 guy Exp $ General Information ------- ----------- @@ -187,12 +187,19 @@ for those packets types. SNMP ---- -Ethereal can do some basic decoding of SNMP packets; it can also use an -external SNMP library to do more sophisticated decoding.. The configure -script will automatically determine which library you have on your -system and will use it. If you have an SNMP library but _do not_ want -to have ethereal use it, you can run configure with the "--disable-snmp" -option. +Ethereal can do some basic decoding of SNMP packets; it can also use the +UCD SNMP library, version 4.2.2 or later, to do more sophisticated +decoding, by reading MIB files and using the information in those files +to display OIDs and variable binding values in a friendlier fashion The +configure script will automatically determine whether you have the UCD +SNMP library on your system, and will use it if it's version 4.2.2 or +later. If you have an SNMP library but _do not_ want to have ethereal +use it, you can run configure with the "--disable-snmp" option. (If you +have an earlier version of the UCD SNMP library on your system, the +configure script will stop, reporting that it can't find the +"sprint_realloc_objid()" routine; you should either upgrade to version +4.2.4, as that version fixes some potential buffer overflow problems, or +should configure with "--disable-snmp".) How to Report a Bug |