Bug #48679 for SNMP-Simple: Missing Timeout-Handling

Thu Aug 13 08:58:59 2009 sbn [...] financial.com - Ticket created

Subject:

Missing Timeout-Handling

Dear Ian, I am trying to setup a SNMP request page for some users in our intranet. It's nothing special, only a cgi based page, you have to type in hostname und get the results back. My problem is that, if you enter a host, on which isn't running snmpd or Linux, you get a timeout but no error code I could handle. Is there any hidden one I haven't found or how can I handle this? It's running under CentOS 5 with perl 5.8.8, Thanks in advance, Sebastian

Thu Aug 13 14:49:25 2009 9qxzf5x02 [...] sneakemail.com - Correspondence added

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9qxzf5x02 [...] sneakemail.com

Hi, SNMP::Simple doesn't do much more than create a new SNMP::Session object, so you should be able to catch exceptions in the same way as you would using that class. You may also wish to look at Net::Ping and ping the machine beforehand. Hope this helps. On Thu Aug 13 08:58:59 2009, b0lle wrote: Show quoted text

> Dear Ian, I am trying to setup a SNMP request page for some users in

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> intranet. It's nothing special, only a cgi based page, you have to

type Show quoted text

> in hostname und get the results back. > My problem is that, if you enter a host, on which isn't running snmpd

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> Linux, you get a timeout but no error code I could handle. Is there

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> hidden one I haven't found or how can I handle this? > It's running under CentOS 5 with perl 5.8.8, > > Thanks in advance, > > Sebastian

Thu Aug 13 14:49:26 2009 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Thu Aug 13 14:53:15 2009 ian [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'

Fri Aug 14 02:01:26 2009 Sebastian.Bollin [...] financial.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	AW: [rt.cpan.org #48679] Missing Timeout-Handling
Date:	Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:59:45 +0200
To:	"bug-SNMP-Simple [...] rt.cpan.org" <bug-SNMP-Simple [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	Sebastian Bollin <Sebastian.Bollin [...] financial.com>

Thanks a lot for your quick answer. The problem is, we have Linux and Windows PCs in our network, so only checking if it's actually there, what I am already doing with gethostbyname, isn't enough. I'll try with the other class, thanks again Show quoted text

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Ian Langworth via RT [mailto:bug-SNMP-Simple@rt.cpan.org] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 13. August 2009 20:49 An: Sebastian Bollin Betreff: [rt.cpan.org #48679] Missing Timeout-Handling <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=48679 > Hi, SNMP::Simple doesn't do much more than create a new SNMP::Session object, so you should be able to catch exceptions in the same way as you would using that class. You may also wish to look at Net::Ping and ping the machine beforehand. Hope this helps. On Thu Aug 13 08:58:59 2009, b0lle wrote:

> Dear Ian, I am trying to setup a SNMP request page for some users in

our

> intranet. It's nothing special, only a cgi based page, you have to

type

> in hostname und get the results back. > My problem is that, if you enter a host, on which isn't running snmpd

or

> Linux, you get a timeout but no error code I could handle. Is there

any

> hidden one I haven't found or how can I handle this? > It's running under CentOS 5 with perl 5.8.8, > > Thanks in advance, > > Sebastian

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