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Updated Wiki: FAQ

lextm — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:33:30 GMT

Where can I find documentation of this project?
Answer: We have the following resources available at this moment while we keep improving in this area.

1. FAQ: It is the page you are viewing now.
2. News: At this moment, you may subscribe to my blog for latest news.
3. Specifications: A draft version is available here.
4. Class References: A CHM file is available for major releases. We shall provide Help2 version with Visual Studio/MSDN support in future versions. For daily builds, you may refer to comments in the source files.
5. Knowledge Base: Project team already answered a lot of questions on Discussion Board. If your question is not listed there, please post it.

Is this library free for commercial projects?
Answer: It is really hard to start an open source project because you need to find a proper license. In my case, I want this library to be both strict open source and friendly to commercial world. Therefore, at last I use Lesser GPL to cover the code. This means if you follow LGPL rules, you can use this library in commercial projects for free.

Does it support SNMP v3?
Answer: Basic SNMP v3 support is now added. We shall continue to enhance in this field in future versions.

What's the current version?
Answer: Please refer to our Roadmap here.

Why should I use this library?
Answer: It is hard to explain.
On one hand, there are indeed a lot of commercial packages available throughout the market. However, my evaluation shows that most of them are too expensive and a few of them only provides limited functions a developer may need.
On the other hand, there are few open source packages existing on .NET platform. For example, I cannot compile SNMP++.NET successfully and I don't think that library provides a natural enough API interface.

Could I join this project?
Answer: Welcome. You can do a lot to help even if you may not have the chance and ability to contribute patches and new functions.
Here are a list of items I expect,

Comments on the API. "Is it natural enough? What changes should be made to make it more natural".
Bug reports. "Does it work in your case? What's wrong then"?
Patches. "I found a bug and created a patch to fix it". I am more than glad to integrate patches into next release.
New functions.

You can check out our current openings here.

Why choose CodePlex.com as host?
Answer: Well, I think its feature set matches our current needs.

Why when I compile the source code an error is displayed about AssemblyInfo task?
Answer: Please open readme.txt in the source code package to see what is missing on your computer.

Which language does this library support?
Answer: Technically speaking, all .NET languages are supported, such as C#, VB.NET, Delphi Prism, C/CLI, IronPython, IronRuby, and so on.

Is this library thread safe?
Answer: Not yet. Please use static methods in Messenger class which should be thread safe.

How to diagnose problems?
Answer: A general approach is like this,

Does this problem reproducible?
Do other libraries behave the same? Please test with Net-SNMP which is also open source.
Does the latest build in the repository work?
Is this a known issue?
Prepare extra information (a Wireshark or Network Monitor log for network traffic, stack trace for exceptions, MIB file for parser errors). Then open a bug report here with the log file attached.
Also note that System.Net tracing is another useful way to log network traffic.

Why some methods are marked as Obsolete?
Answer: #SNMP Library API changes in major releases. Therefore, there are some methods marked as obsolete somewhere. Please avoid using them as they can be removed in future releases.

How to fire feature requests
Answer: Please use this thread What do you want from #SNMP? to fire me feature requests. You can vote on features using the Issue Tracker.

If all above do not resolve your problem or you have questions on them, please feel free to start a discussion in Discussion section.

Updated Wiki: FAQ

lextm — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:31:40 GMT

Where can I find documentation of this project?
Answer: We have the following resources available at this moment while we keep improving in this area.

1. FAQ: It is the page you are viewing now.
2. News: At this moment, you may subscribe to my blog for latest news.
3. Specifications: A draft version is available here.
4. Class References: A CHM file is available for major releases. We shall provide Help2 version with Visual Studio/MSDN support in future versions. For daily builds, you may refer to comments in the source files.
5. Knowledge Base: Project team already answered a lot of questions on Discussion Board. If your question is not listed there, please post it.

Is this library free for commercial projects?
Answer: It is really hard to start an open source project because you need to find a proper license. In my case, I want this library to be both strict open source and friendly to commercial world. Therefore, at last I use Lesser GPL to cover the code. This means if you follow LGPL rules, you can use this library in commercial projects for free.

Does it support SNMP v3?
Answer: Basic SNMP v3 support is now added. We shall continue to enhance in this field in future versions.

What's the current version?
Answer: Please refer to our Roadmap here.

Why should I use this library?
Answer: It is hard to explain.
On one hand, there are indeed a lot of commercial packages available throughout the market. However, my evaluation shows that most of them are too expensive and a few of them only provides limited functions a developer may need.
On the other hand, there are few open source packages existing on .NET platform. For example, I cannot compile SNMP.NET successfully and I don't think that library provides a natural enough API interface.

Could I join this project?
Answer: Welcome. You can do a lot to help even if you may not have the chance and ability to contribute patches and new functions.
Here are a list of items I expect,

Comments on the API. "Is it natural enough? What changes should be made to make it more natural".
Bug reports. "Does it work in your case? What's wrong then"?
Patches. "I found a bug and created a patch to fix it". I am more than glad to integrate patches into next release.
New functions.

Does this problem reproducible?
Do other libraries behave the same? Please test with Net-SNMP which is also open source.
Does the latest build in the repository work?
Is this a known issue?
Prepare extra information (a Wireshark or Network Monitor log for network traffic, stack trace for exceptions, MIB file for parser errors). Then open a bug report here with the log file attached.
Also note that System.Net tracing is another useful way to log network traffic.

Updated Wiki: Roadmap

lextm — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:25:13 GMT

Version 0.5 (Obsolete) codename: Halfbaked

A natural API interface was done in this release for major SNMP v1 related functions, including GET, GETNEXT, SET, and TRAP.

Version 0.9 (Obsolete) codename: NineHeaded

Basic MIB documents support was added in this version to make a feature complete SNMP v1 library.

Version 1.0 (Obsolete) codename: UnicornHorn

The 1.0 release was a performance tuned and bug fixed version over 0.9 with few API changes.

Version 1.1 (Obsolete) codename: UnicornHorn Refresh

The 1.1 release is a performance tuned and bug fixed version over 1.0 with a few API changes.

Version 1.5 (Obsolete) codename: TwinTower

This release presents a #SNMP MIB Browser with almost complete v2c coverage.

Version 2.0 (Obsolete) codename: CrossRoad

This release completes SNMP v1 and v2c support. IP v6 support is also added.
Now this suite contains SNMP library, a MIB browser, a MIB compiler, and several command line utilities.

Version 2.1 (Obsolete) codename: CrossRoad Refresh

This is a bug fix release that addresses several known issues.

Version 3.0 (Obsolete) codename: Trident

Basic SNMP v3 support is added in 3.0 release.

Version 3.1 (Current) codename: Trident Refresh (3.1)

This is a bug fix release that addresses several known issues.

Version 4.0 codename: SquareRoot

This release will deliver an enhanced MIB Browser and Compiler.

Updated Wiki: Roadmap

lextm — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:27:30 GMT

Version 0.5 (Obsolete) codename: Halfbaked

A natural API interface was done in this release for major SNMP v1 related functions, including GET, GETNEXT, SET, and TRAP.

Version 0.9 (Obsolete) codename: NineHeaded

Basic MIB documents support was added in this version to make a feature complete SNMP v1 library.

Version 1.0 (Obsolete) codename: UnicornHorn

The 1.0 release was a performance tuned and bug fixed version over 0.9 with few API changes.

Version 1.1 (Obsolete) codename: UnicornHorn Refresh

The 1.1 release is a performance tuned and bug fixed version over 1.0 with a few API changes.

Version 1.5 (Obsolete) codename: TwinTower

This release presents a #SNMP MIB Browser with almost complete v2c coverage.

Version 2.0 (Obsolete) codename: CrossRoad

This release completes SNMP v1 and v2c support. IP v6 support is also added.
Now this suite contains SNMP library, a MIB browser, a MIB compiler, and several command line utilities.

Version 2.1 (Obsolete) codename: CrossRoad Refresh

This is a bug fix release that addresses several known issues.

Version 3.0 (Current) codename: Trident

Basic SNMP v3 support is added in 3.0 release.

Version 3.1 codename: Trident Refresh

This is a bug fix release that addresses several known issues.

Version 4.0 codename: SquareRoot

This release will deliver an enhanced MIB Browser and Compiler.

Updated Wiki: Home

lextm — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:41:42 GMT

Project Description
#SNMP Suite is a free set of SNMP tools based on an open source library for developers who target Microsoft .NET/Novell Mono platforms. It's developed in C# and can be used for VB.NET, Delphi Prism, and more.

(C) 2008-2009 Malcolm Crowe, #SNMP Team, and other contributors.

History and the Team
This project is based on Malcolm Crowe's research on this topic at University of the West of Scotland. You can find the original code written by Malcolm here.

Current team members includes,
Lex Li
Steve Santacroce
Chris Cunlif
Patrick O'Donnell
and Robert O'Donnell

Design Aims of #SNMP Library

A natural API interface to encapsulate SNMP functions
Target both Microsoft .NET and Novell Mono.

Open source under LGPL (can be referenced by both commercial and open source applications).

Design Aims of #SNMP MIB Browser and Compiler

MIB tools that contain basic functionalities for freelance developers who cannot afford those expensive commercial tools.
Open source under MIT/X11.
- 1.5 and earlier under BSD (can be used in most applications).

Specification Document
Specification document for #SNMP Suite is still under way. The public draft is available here.

Notice

#SNMP Library can be used in any .NET language, such as VB.NET, Managed C++, Delphi Prism, IronPython, and so on.
SNMP v2c support is complete in 2.0 CrossRoad. Basic SNMP v3 support is available in 3.0 Trident.
Solution and project files of #SNMP for both Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 are provided in the repository.
Sample projects are distributed in source code form only. Please find them in the source code package.
#SNMP MIB Browser and Compiler are designed with Windows Forms. Because of DockPanel Suite, they can only run on Windows at this moment.

License Notice
Source code of #SNMP Library is released under LGPL.
Source code of #SNMP MIB Browser and Compiler is released under MIT/X11. DockPanel Suite component is used, which is available here. Unity component is used, which is available here.
Source code of other samples is released in public domain.

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Show your appreciation for all my open source projects including #SNMP and support future development by clicking this link.
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Updated Wiki: Home

lextm — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:40:37 GMT

A natural API interface to encapsulate SNMP functions
Target both Microsoft .NET and Novell Mono.

Open source under LGPL (can be referenced by both commercial and open source applications).

Design Aims of #SNMP MIB Browser and Compiler

MIB tools that contain basic functionalities for freelance developers who cannot afford those expensive commercial tools.
Open source under MIT/X11.
- 1.5 and earlier under BSD (can be used in most applications).

Specification Document
Specification document for #SNMP Suite is still under way. The public draft is available here.

Notice

#SNMP Library can be used in any .NET language, such as VB.NET, Managed C++, Delphi Prism, IronPython, and so on.
SNMP v2c support is complete in 2.0 CrossRoad. Basic SNMP v3 support is available from the repository (3.0 Trident Beta 1 stage).
Solution and project files of #SNMP for both Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 are provided in the repository.
Sample projects are distributed in source code form only. Please find them in the source code package.
#SNMP MIB Browser and Compiler are designed with Windows Forms. Because of DockPanel Suite, they can only run on Windows at this moment.

Updated Wiki: Roadmap

lextm — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:13:48 GMT

Version 0.5 (Obsolete) codename: Halfbaked

A natural API interface was done in this release for major SNMP v1 related functions, including GET, GETNEXT, SET, and TRAP.

Version 0.9 (Obsolete) codename: NineHeaded

Basic MIB documents support was added in this version to make a feature complete SNMP v1 library.

Version 1.0 (Obsolete) codename: UnicornHorn

The 1.0 release was a performance tuned and bug fixed version over 0.9 with few API changes.

Version 1.1 (Obsolete) codename: UnicornHorn Refresh

The 1.1 release is a performance tuned and bug fixed version over 1.0 with a few API changes.

Version 1.5 (Obsolete) codename: TwinTower

This release presents a #SNMP MIB Browser with almost complete v2c coverage.

Version 2.0 (Obsolete) codename: CrossRoad

This release completes SNMP v1 and v2c support. IP v6 support is also added.
Now this suite contains SNMP library, a MIB browser, a MIB compiler, and several command line utilities.

Version 3.0 (Current) codename: Trident

Basic SNMP v3 support is added in 3.0 release.

Updated Wiki: FAQ

lextm — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:11:56 GMT

Where can I find documentation of this project?
Answer: We have the following resources available at this moment while we keep improving in this area.

1. FAQ: It is the page you are viewing now.
2. News: At this moment, you may subscribe to my blog for latest news.
3. Specifications: A draft version is available here.
4. Class References: A CHM file is available for major releases. We shall provide Help2 version with Visual Studio/MSDN support in future versions. For daily builds, you may refer to comments in the source files.
5. Knowledge Base: Project team already answered a lot of questions on Discussion Board. If your question is not listed there, please post it.

Is this library free for commercial projects?
Answer: It is really hard to start an open source project because you need to find a proper license. In my case, I want this library to be both strict open source and friendly to commercial world. Therefore, at last I use Lesser GPL to cover the code. This means if you follow LGPL rules, you can use this library in commercial projects for free.

Does it support SNMP v3?
Answer: Basic SNMP v3 support is now added. We shall continue to enhance in this field in future versions.

What's the current version?
Answer: Please refer to our Roadmap here.

Why should I use this library?
Answer: It is hard to explain.
On one hand, there are indeed a lot of commercial packages available throughout the market. However, my evaluation shows that most of them are too expensive and a few of them only provides limited functions a developer may need.
On the other hand, there are few open source packages existing on .NET platform. For example, I cannot compile SNMP.NET successfully and I don't think that library provides a natural enough API interface.

Could I join this project?
Answer: Welcome. You can do a lot to help even if you may not have the chance and ability to contribute patches and new functions.
Here are a list of items I expect,

Comments on the API. "Is it natural enough? What changes should be made to make it more natural".
Bug reports. "Does it work in your case? What's wrong then"?
Patches. "I found a bug and created a patch to fix it". I am more than glad to integrate patches into next release.
New functions.

Why choose CodePlex.com as host?
Answer: Well, I think its feature set matches our current needs.

Why when I compile the source code an error is displayed about AssemblyInfo task?
Answer: Please open readme.txt in the source code package to see what is missing on your computer.

Which language does this library support?
Answer: Technically speaking, all .NET languages are supported, such as C#, VB.NET, Delphi Prism, C/CLI, IronPython, IronRuby, and so on.

Is this library thread safe?
Answer: Not yet. Please use static methods in Manager or Agent component which should be thread safe.

How to diagnose problems?
Answer: A general approach is like this,

Does this problem reproducible?
Do other libraries behave the same? Please test with Net-SNMP which is also open source.
Does the latest build in the repository work?
Is this a known issue?
Prepare extra information (a Wireshark or Network Monitor log for network traffic, stack trace for exceptions, MIB file for parser errors). Then open a bug report here with the log file attached.
Also note that System.Net tracing is another useful way to log network traffic.

Why some methods are marked as Obsolete?
Answer: After 1.5 release, #SNMP Library API will be changed a little bit. Therefore, some methods are obsolete from now on. Please avoid using them from now on.

How to fire feature requests
Answer: Please use this thread What do you want from #SNMP? to fire me feature requests. You can vote on features using the Issue Tracker.

If all above do not resolve your problem or you have questions on them, please feel free to start a discussion in Discussion section.

Updated Wiki: Similar Open Source Projects

lextm — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:28:02 GMT

There are other open source projects in this field.

SNMP#NET is another LGPL covered open source for SNMP. #SNMP learns a lot of v3 support from this cool project.
SNMP++.NET is a popular choice. However, it lacks of a natural API interface because it is based on SNMP++, a C++ project. And there is not enough documentation except this excellent Code Project article.
Indy for CLR is a .NET port of popular Delphi VCL library named Internet Direct (Indy). Now the project is hosted at here. However, the SNMP functions is not yet ported to .NET at this moment.

If you are using other programming languages, or you prefer a commercial product, please check this evaluation report and hope it help.

Updated Wiki: Home

lextm — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:55:37 GMT

A natural API interface to encapsulate SNMP functions
Target both Microsoft .NET and Novell Mono.

Open source under LGPL (can be referenced by both commercial and open source applications).

Design Aims of #SNMP MIB Browser and Compiler

MIB tools that contain basic functionalities for freelance developers who cannot afford those expensive commercial tools.
Open source under MIT/X11.
- 1.5 and earlier under BSD (can be used in most applications).

Specification Document
Specification document for #SNMP Suite is still under way. The public draft is available here.

Notice

#SNMP Library can be used in any .NET language, such as VB.NET, Managed C, Delphi Prism, IronPython, and so on.
SNMP v2c support is complete in 2.0 CrossRoad. Basic SNMP v3 support is available from the repository (3.0 Trident Beta 1 stage).
Solution and project files of #SNMP for both Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 are provided in the repository.
Sample projects are distributed in source code form only. Please find them in the source code package.
#SNMP MIB Browser and Compiler are designed with Windows Forms. Because of DockPanel Suite, they can only run on Windows at this moment.

Updated Wiki: Home

lextm — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:49:44 GMT

A natural API interface to encapsulate SNMP functions
Target both Microsoft .NET and Novell Mono.

Open source under LGPL (can be referenced by both commercial and open source applications).

Design Aims of #SNMP MIB Browser and Compiler

MIB tools that contain basic functionalities for freelance developers who cannot afford those expensive commercial tools.
Open source under MIT/X11.
- 1.5 and earlier under BSD (can be used in most applications).

Specification Document
Specification document for #SNMP Suite is still under way. The public draft is available here.

Notice

#SNMP Library can be used in any .NET language, such as VB.NET, Managed C, Delphi Prism, IronPython, and so on.
SNMP v2c support is complete in 2.0 CrossRoad. Basic SNMP v3 support is available from the repository (3.0 Trident Beta 1 stage).
Solution and project files of #SNMP for both Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 are provided in the repository.
Sample projects are distributed in source code form only. Please find them in the source code package.
#SNMP MIB Browser and Compiler are designed with Windows Forms. Because of DockPanel Suite, they can only run on Windows at this moment.

Updated Wiki: Home

lextm — Sat, 30 May 2009 07:18:24 GMT

A natural API interface to encapsulate SNMP functions
Target both Microsoft .NET and Novell Mono.

Open source under LGPL (can be referenced by both commercial and open source applications).

Design Aims of #SNMP MIB Browser and Compiler

MIB tools that contain basic functionalities for freelance developers who cannot afford those expensive commercial tools.
Open source under MIT/X11.
- 1.5 and earlier under BSD (can be used in most applications).

Specification Document
Specification document for #SNMP Suite is still under way. The public draft is available here.

Notice

#SNMP Library can be used in any .NET language, such as VB.NET, Managed C, Delphi Prism, IronPython, and so on.
SNMP v2c support is almost complete in CrossRoad. SNMP v3 support is just started.
Solution and project files of #SNMP for both Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 are provided in the repository.
Sample projects are distributed in source code form only. Please find them in the source code package.
#SNMP MIB Browser and Compiler are designed with Windows Forms. Because of DockPanel Suite, they can only run on Windows at this moment.

Updated Wiki: Home

lextm — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:43:24 GMT

Project Description
#SNMP Suite is a free set of SNMP tools based on an open source library for developers who target Microsoft .NET/Novell Mono platforms. It's developed in C# and can be used for VB.NET, Delphi Prism, and so on.

(C) 2008-2009 Malcolm Crowe, #SNMP Team, and other contributors.

History and the Team
This project is based on Malcolm Crowe's research on this topic at University of the West of Scotland. You can find the original code written by Malcolm here.

Current team members includes,
Lex Li
Steve Santacroce
Chris Cunlif
Patrick O'Donnell
and Robert O'Donnell

Design Aims of #SNMP Library

A natural API interface to encapsulate SNMP functions
A 100% Mono friendly implementation
Open source under LGPL (can be referenced by both commercial and open source applications).

Design Aims of #SNMP MIB Browser and Compiler

MIB tools that contain basic functionalities for freelance developers who cannot afford those expensive commercial tools.
Open source under MIT/X11.
- 1.5 and earlier under BSD (can be used in most applications).

Specification Document
Specification document for #SNMP Suite is still under way. The public draft is available here.

Notice

#SNMP Library can be used in any .NET language, such as VB.NET, Managed C++, Delphi Prism, IronPython, and so on.
SNMP v2c support is almost complete in CrossRoad. SNMP v3 support is just started.
Solution and project files of #SNMP for both Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 are provided in the repository.
Sample projects are distributed in source code form only. Please find them in the source code package.
#SNMP MIB Browser and Compiler are designed with Windows Forms. Because of DockPanel Suite, they can only run on Windows at this moment.

Updated Wiki: Roadmap

lextm — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:44:43 GMT

Version 0.5 (Obsolete) codename: Halfbaked

A natural API interface was done in this release for major SNMP v1 related functions, including GET, GETNEXT, SET, and TRAP.

Version 0.9 (Obsolete) codename: NineHeaded

Basic MIB documents support was added in this version to make a feature complete SNMP v1 library.

Version 1.0 (Obsolete) codename: UnicornHorn

The 1.0 release was a performance tuned and bug fixed version over 0.9 with few API changes.

Version 1.1 (Obsolete) codename: UnicornHorn Refresh

The 1.1 release is a performance tuned and bug fixed version over 1.0 with a few API changes.

Version 1.5 (Obsolete) codename: TwinTower

This release presents a #SNMP MIB Browser with almost complete v2c coverage.

Version 2.0 (Released) codename: CrossRoad

This release completes SNMP v1 and v2c support. IP v6 support is also added.
Now this suite contains SNMP library, a MIB browser, a MIB compiler, and several command line utilities.

Version 3.0 (Current) codename: Trident

SNMP v3 support should be completed in 3.0 release.

Updated Wiki: Home

lextm — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:48:09 GMT

Project Description
Sharp SNMP Suite (#SNMP) is a free set of SNMP tools based on an open source library for developers who target Microsoft .NET/Novell Mono platforms. It is developed in C#.

(C) 2008-2009 Malcolm Crowe, Lex Li, Steve Santacroce, and other contributors.

History and the Team
This project is based on Malcolm Crowe's research on this topic at University of the West of Scotland. You can find the original code written by Malcolm here.

Now the team members are,
Lex Li
Steve Santacroce
Chris Cunlif
Patrick O'Donnell
and Robert O'Donnell

Design Aims of #SNMP Library

A natural API interface to encapsulate SNMP functions
A 100% Mono friendly implementation
Open source under LGPL (can be referenced by both commercial and open source applications).

Design Aims of #SNMP MIB Browser and Compiler

MIB tools that contain basic functionalities for freelance developers who cannot afford those expensive commercial tools.
Open source,

1.5 and earlier under BSD (can be used in most applications).
after that under MIT/X11.

Specification Document
Specification document for #SNMP Suite is still under way. The public draft is available here.

Notice

#SNMP Library can be used in any .NET language, such as VB.NET, Managed C++, and Delphi Prism.
SNMP v2c support is almost complete in TwinTower RC2. SNMP v3 support is not yet started.
Solution and project files of #SNMP for both Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 are provided in the repository.
Sample projects are distributed in source code form only. Please find them in the source code package.
#SNMP MIB Browser is for Windows Forms only. Because of DockPanel Suite, it can only run on Windows at this moment.

Updated Wiki: FAQ

lextm — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:42:01 GMT

Where can I find documentation of this project?
Answer: We have the following resources available at this moment while we keep improving in this area.

1. FAQ: It is the page you are viewing now.
2. News: At this moment, you may subscribe to my blog for latest news.
3. Specifications: A draft version is available here.
4. Class References: A CHM file is available for major releases. We shall provide Help2 version with Visual Studio/MSDN support in future versions. For daily builds, you may refer to comments in the source files.
5. Knowledge Base: Project team already answered a lot of questions on Discussion Board. If your question is not listed there, please post it.

Is this library free for commercial projects?
Answer: It is really hard to start an open source project because you need to find a proper license. In my case, I want this library to be both strict open source and friendly to commercial world. Therefore, at last I use Less GPL to cover the code. This means if you follow LGPL rules, you can use this library in commercial projects for free.

Does it support SNMP v3?
Answer: Right now the team is working hard to make most SNMP v2 support complete. Once v1 and v2c support accomplished, we shall update our roadmap accordingly.

What's the current version?
Answer: Please refer to our Roadmap here.

Why should I use this library?
Answer: It is hard to explain.
On one hand, there are indeed a lot of commercial packages available throughout the market. However, my evaluation shows that most of them are too expensive and a few of them only provides limited functions a developer may need.
On the other hand, there are few open source packages existing on .NET platform. For example, I cannot compile SNMP++.NET successfully and I don't think that library provides a natural enough API interface.

Could I join this project?
Answer: Welcome. You can do a lot to help even if you may not have the chance and ability to contribute patches and new functions.
Here are a list of items I expect,

Comments on the API. "Is it natural enough? What changes should be made to make it more natural".
Bug reports. "Does it work in your case? What's wrong then"?
Patches. "I found a bug and created a patch to fix it". I am more than glad to integrate patches into next release.
New functions.

Why choose CodePlex.com as host?
Answer: Well, I think its feature set matches our current needs.

Why when I compile the source code an error is displayed about AssemblyInfo task?
Answer: Please open readme.txt in the source code package to see what is missing on your computer.

Which language does this library support?
Answer: Technically speaking, all .NET languages are supported, such as C#, VB.NET, Delphi Prism, C++/CLI, IronPython, IronRuby, and so on.

Is this library thread safe?
Answer: Not yet. Please use static methods in Manager or Agent component which should be thread safe.

How to diagnose problems?
Answer: A general approach is like this,

Does this problem reproducible?
Do other libraries behave the same? Please test with Net-SNMP which is also open source.
Does the latest build in the repository work?
Is this a known issue?
Prepare extra information (a Wireshark or Network Monitor log for network traffic, stack trace for exceptions, MIB file for parser errors). Then open a bug report here with the log file attached.

Updated Wiki: Similar Open Source Projects

lextm — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:03:42 GMT

There are other open source projects in this field.

SNMP++.NET is a popular choice. However, it lacks of a natural API interface because it is based on SNMP++, a C++ project. And there is not enough documentation except this excellent Code Project article.
Indy for CLR is a .NET port of popular Delphi VCL library named Internet Direct (Indy). Now the project is hosted at here. However, the SNMP functions is not yet ported to .NET at this moment.

If you are using other programming languages, or you prefer a commercial product, please check this evaluation report and hope it help.

Updated Wiki: Home

lextm — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 03:32:57 GMT

Project Description
Sharp SNMP Suite (#SNMP) is a free set of SNMP tools based on an open source library for developers who target Microsoft .NET/Novell Mono platforms. It is developed in C#.

(C) 2008-2009 Malcolm Crowe, Lex Li, Steve Santacroce, and other contributors.

History
This project is based on Malcolm Crowe's research on this topic at University of the West of Scotland. You can find the original code written by Malcolm here. Now Lex Li and Steve Santacroce are the maintainers.

Design Aims of #SNMP Library

A natural API interface to encapsulate SNMP functions
A 100% Mono friendly implementation
Open source under LGPL (can be referenced by both commercial and open source applications).

Design Aims of #SNMP MIB Browser and Compiler

MIB tools that contain basic functionalities for freelance developers who cannot afford those expensive commercial tools.
Open source,

1.5 and earlier under BSD (can be used in most applications).
after that under MIT/X11.

Specification Document
Specification document for #SNMP Suite is still under way. The public draft is available here.

Notice

#SNMP Library can be used in any .NET language, such as VB.NET, Managed C++, and Delphi Prism.
SNMP v2c support is almost complete in TwinTower RC2. SNMP v3 support is not yet started.
Solution and project files of #SNMP for both Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 are provided in the repository.
Sample projects are distributed in source code form only. Please find them in the source code package.
#SNMP MIB Browser is for Windows Forms only. Because of DockPanel Suite, it can only run on Windows at this moment.

Updated Wiki: FAQ

lextm — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:49:35 GMT

Where is the news feed?
Answer: At this moment, you may subscribe to my blog for latest news.

Is this library free for commercial projects?
Answer: It is really hard to start an open source project because you need to find a proper license. In my case, I want this library to be both strict open source and friendly to commercial world. Therefore, at last I use Less GPL to cover the code. This means if you follow LGPL rules, you can use this library in commercial projects for free.

Does it support SNMP v3?
Answer: Right now the team is working hard to make most SNMP v2 support complete. Once v1 and v2c support accomplished, we shall update our roadmap accordingly.

What's the current version?
Answer: Please refer to our Roadmap here.

Why should I use this library?
Answer: It is hard to explain.
On one hand, there are indeed a lot of commercial packages available throughout the market. However, my evaluation shows that most of them are too expensive and a few of them only provides limited functions a developer may need.
On the other hand, there are few open source packages existing on .NET platform. For example, I cannot compile SNMP++.NET successfully and I don't think that library provides a natural enough API interface.

Could I join this project?
Answer: Welcome. You can do a lot to help even if you may not have the chance and ability to contribute patches and new functions.
Here are a list of items I expect,

Comments on the API. "Is it natural enough? What changes should be made to make it more natural".
Bug reports. "Does it work in your case? What's wrong then"?
Patches. "I found a bug and created a patch to fix it". I am more than glad to integrate patches into next release.
New functions.

Why choose CodePlex.com as host?
Answer: Well, I think its feature set matches our current needs.

Why when I compile the source code an error is displayed about AssemblyInfo task?
Answer: Please open readme.txt in the source code package to see what is missing on your computer.

Which language does this library support?
Answer: Technically speaking, all .NET languages are supported, such as C#, VB.NET, Delphi Prism, C++/CLI, IronPython, IronRuby, and so on.

Is this library thread safe?
Answer: Not yet. Please use static methods in Manager or Agent component which should be thread safe.

How to diagnose problems?
Answer: A general approach is like this,

Does this problem reproducible?
Do other libraries behave the same? Please test with Net-SNMP which is also open source.
Does the latest build in the repository work?
Is this a known issue?
Prepare extra information (a Wireshark or Network Monitor log for network traffic, stack trace for exceptions, MIB file for parser errors). Then open a bug report here with the log file attached.

Updated Wiki: Roadmap

Lister — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:08:23 GMT

Version 0.5 (Obsolete) codename: Halfbaked

A natural API interface was done in this release for major SNMP v1 related functions, including GET, GETNEXT, SET, and TRAP.

Version 0.9 (Obsolete) codename: NineHeaded

Basic MIB documents support was added in this version to make a feature complete SNMP v1 library.

Version 1.0 (Obsolete) codename: UnicornHorn

The 1.0 release was a performance tuned and bug fixed version over 0.9 with few API changes.

Version 1.1 (Obsolete) codename: UnicornHorn Refresh

The 1.1 release is a performance tuned and bug fixed version over 1.0 with a few API changes.

Version 1.5 (Released) codename: TwinTower

This release presents a #SNMP MIB Browser with almost complete v2c coverage.

Version 2.0 (Current) codename: CrossRoad

Implement Trap Panel in Browser
Add Trap functionality to the TestAgent
Integrate the Unity Framework in the Browser and Compiler

Version 3.0 codename: Trident

SNMP v3 support should be completed in 3.0 release.