SNMP Trap Destination

I'm a little unsure if this is the best group to ask SNMP questions - if not
suggestions are welcome. (I couldn't find a group dedicated to SNMP
specifically)

I'm trying to configure the SNMP agent on several Windows 2000/2003/2008
systems. When I right click on the SNMP Service, and go to the "Traps" tab
there is some text which states the trap destinations may be host names, IP
addresses or IPX addresses.

By host names would those be NETBIOS host names or DNS host names or doesn't
it matter? I am trying to use a fully qualified DNS name (server.domain.net)
and it doesn't appear to be working. I used nslookup to confirm name
resolution does work properly for this dns name. So I am wondering if maybe
I shouldn't be using a DNS name or a fully qualified address?

I understand that using a DNS host name does have drawbacks (primarily if
DNS stops working SNMP does too) but on the other hand if I want to change
the IP address of the trap destination, I don't want to have to go through
and update the ip address on all our servers. If I use a DNS name I can
repoint the SNMP trap destination to a new IP by updating one DNS entry.

Anyway if someone knows the answer to this question please let me know. So
far googling hasn't revealed any answers.

Thanks
Brad

Hi,
It deos not matter if you use IP or FQDN.
Try both ways.

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Rahisuddin Shah
MCSE - MCSA - ITIL
"Brad Baker" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:C97A7C6C-3B1C-4C65-BA30-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm a little unsure if this is the best group to ask SNMP questions - if
> not suggestions are welcome. (I couldn't find a group dedicated to SNMP
> specifically)
>
> I'm trying to configure the SNMP agent on several Windows 2000/2003/2008
> systems. When I right click on the SNMP Service, and go to the "Traps" tab
> there is some text which states the trap destinations may be host names,
> IP addresses or IPX addresses.
>
> By host names would those be NETBIOS host names or DNS host names or
> doesn't it matter? I am trying to use a fully qualified DNS name
> (server.domain.net) and it doesn't appear to be working. I used nslookup
> to confirm name resolution does work properly for this dns name. So I am
> wondering if maybe I shouldn't be using a DNS name or a fully qualified
> address?
>
> I understand that using a DNS host name does have drawbacks (primarily if
> DNS stops working SNMP does too) but on the other hand if I want to change
> the IP address of the trap destination, I don't want to have to go through
> and update the ip address on all our servers. If I use a DNS name I can
> repoint the SNMP trap destination to a new IP by updating one DNS entry.
>
> Anyway if someone knows the answer to this question please let me know. So
> far googling hasn't revealed any answers.
>
> Thanks
> Brad
>
>
>
>