Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 18:21:51 EST From: "Rob Slade, Social Convener to the Net" Subject: "How to Manage Your Network Using SNMP" by Rose/McCloghrie BKNTMGPR.RVW 950220 "How to Manage Your Network Using SNMP: The Network Management Practicum", Marshall Rose/Keith McCloghrie, 1995, 0-13-141517-4 %A Marshall Rose %A Keith McGloghrie %C 113 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 %D 1995 %G 0-13-141517-4 %I Prentice Hall %O (515) 284-6751 FAX (515) 284-2607 beth_hespe@prenhall.com %P 549 %T "How to Manage Your Network Using SNMP: The Network Management Practicum" There seems to be some disagreement between the authors and the publisher as to which is the title, and which is the subtitle, of this work. Nevertheless, both title and subtitle imply a useful guide. To this end, each chapter contains tutorial material, discussion of the available tools, and examination of some specific problems. The authors have produced an application programming interface in Tcl and Tk, for both practical and tutorial purposes, which is available on the Internet. While the material in the book does a good job of explanation, the appearance it presents is *not* for the technically faint of heart. The overview of SMNP, itself, for example, is not filled with C sources, but a language much more frightening--that of protocols and standards committees. The perseverant can follow the text, but it does take some dedication. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1995 BKNTMGPR.RVW 950220 ============== Vancouver ROBERTS@decus.ca | "My son, beware ... of the Institute for Robert_Slade@sfu.ca | making of books there is Research into rslade@cue.bc.ca | no end, and much study is User p1@CyberStore.ca | a weariness of the flesh." Security Canada V7K 2G6 | Ecclesiastes 12:12