When I telnet to my Netgear router 'ps' shows that snmpd is running.
It doesn't however respond to any snmpget requests and 'nmap' shows port 
161 as closed.
I can't find an snmpd.conf file on the router so I don't know where the 
community string is stored or even if the conf file is necessary.
I recently upgraded the firmware to V4.01.40 if that is relevant.
Any ideas?


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john

On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:06:48 +0000, John Martin wrote:

> When I telnet to my Netgear router 'ps' shows that snmpd is running. It
> doesn't however respond to any snmpget requests and 'nmap' shows port
> 161 as closed.
> I can't find an snmpd.conf file on the router so I don't know where the
> community string is stored or even if the conf file is necessary. I
> recently upgraded the firmware to V4.01.40 if that is relevant. Any
> ideas?

I think you may have found it;

'nmap' shows port 161 as closed :-)
Open it up for UDP and the job's a good'un.



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On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:52:50 +0000, Stephen Ward wrote:

> On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:06:48 +0000, John Martin wrote:
> 
>> When I telnet to my Netgear router 'ps' shows that snmpd is running. It
>> doesn't however respond to any snmpget requests and 'nmap' shows port
>> 161 as closed.
>> I can't find an snmpd.conf file on the router so I don't know where the
>> community string is stored or even if the conf file is necessary. I
>> recently upgraded the firmware to V4.01.40 if that is relevant. Any
>> ideas?
> 
> I think you may have found it;
> 
> 'nmap' shows port 161 as closed :-)
> Open it up for UDP and the job's a good'un.

I feel soooo silly......



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john