Re: command snmptrap (a command line interface) using SNMP v2

[Dave S. <D.T...@li...>]

On 29 February 2012 16:23, Robert Story <rs...@fr...> wrote:
> DS> Have you tried using the 'clientAddr' directive (either within the
> DS> client-side ~/.snmp/snmp.conf file,   or using --clientaddr=10.93.50.111)
>
> I tried this... unfortunately you can only specify an address for which you
> have an interface configured... If he wants to simulate 100 devices, he'd have
> to configure 100 aliases on an interface.

Errr - yes.   If you're sending a message from a particular address,
then an interface with that address needs to exist and be valid.
   Otherwise, how can you expect to receive any responses sent
back to that address, for example?

Dave