trap_send(1M)                                          trap_send(1M)


       NAME
             trap_send - send SNMP traps

       SYNOPSIS
             trap_send entity_addr community_string trap_type

       DESCRIPTION
             The trap_send command sends Simple Network Management (SNMP)
             trap messages to trap monitoring stations.

             The arguments are the entity's address, a community string,
             and an integer trap type.

             The entity address can be either an IP address or entity name
             (if name-to-address resolution is enabled).

             The community string is used by the network management
             software receiving a trap to filter out specfic traps.  In
             this case, the community string is not used for authentication
             purposes.  For example, a particular network management
             station might be interested only in traps sent with the test1
             or test2 community strings, and might ignore all of the traps
             sent with any other community string.

             The trap_type can be any integer;  since this is essentially a
             test program, the trap type is immaterial and is open to
             interpretation by the network management software receiving
             the trap.

             The primary purpose of this program is to demonstrate how
             traps are sent using the SNMP library.  It can be used to test
             network management software for correct configuration.

       REFERENCES
             snmp(1M), snmpd(1M), trap_rece(1M), snmpd.trap(4), RFC 1155,
             RFC 1157, RFC 1213.












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