NAME

       snmpping - command an agent to ping a remote host

SYNOPSIS

       snmpget [COMMON OPTIONS] AGENT DESTINATION

DESCRIPTION

       snmping  is an SNMP application that uses the DISMAN-PING-MIB to perform remote pings from
       the specified AGENT to the remote DESTINATION.

       The local host will send SNMPSET commands to the AGENT which, if accepted will  then  ping
       the DESTINATION.

       snmpping will then poll the AGENT to obtain the ping results.

OPTIONS

       -Ccpings
              The AGENT will send pings pings to the DESTINATION.

       -Cssize
              The AGENT will send pings that are size bytes.

       In  addition  to  these  options,  snmpping  takes  the  common  options  described in the
       snmpcmd(1) manual page.  Note that snmpping

EXAMPLES

       The command:

           snmpping -c private zeus hera

       will get host zeus to ping host hera. Host zeus would need to have private as a read-write
       community.

SEE ALSO

       snmpcmd(1),variables(5).