Article 2063 of comp.lang.perl: Xref: feenix.metronet.com comp.os.os2.networking:1690 comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc:2403 comp.lang.perl:2063 comp.protocols.snmp:246 Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc,comp.lang.perl,comp.protocols.snmp Path: feenix.metronet.com!news.ecn.bgu.edu!wupost!darwin.sura.net!haven.umd.edu!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!dutrun!donau!etstjan From: J.P.M.vOorschot@et.tudelft.nl (Jan van Oorschot) Subject: Beholder 3 and Tricklet 3.1, new releases Message-ID: Sender: news@donau.et.tudelft.nl (UseNet News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: dutepp2.et.tudelft.nl Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1993 16:08:11 GMT Lines: 117 Hi, Here follows the 'readme' for the new releases of 'Beholder the Next Generation (btng)' and Tricklet. Current versions are: btng version 3 tricklet version 3.1 For those of you who don't know, Beholder is an OS/2 based RMON ethernet network monitor, and Tricklet is a set of UNIX/OS/2 based SNMP utilities, including a full fledged Perl library. Get the files using anonymous ftp from: dnpap.et.tudelft.nl:/pub/btng files: readme --> this file changes --> new features/bug fixes btng3exe.zip --> btng executables for OS/2 btng3src.zip --> sources for tricklet tricklet.3.1.tar.Z --> sources for Tricklet Jan (J.P.M.vOorschot@et.tudelft.nl) Richard (R.Kooijman@et.tudelft.nl) -- snip,snip -- Beholder, The Next Generation (bntg) 8 April 1992 The btng package is the latest result of the work done by the DNPAP group of the Delft University of Technology. The btng package includes beholder.exe, an RMON compliant ethernet monitor for the OS/2 operating system environment. It also include the Tricklet package for OS/2 and UNIX. Tricklet is a set of SNMP utilities. You will need the following to run the executables: - PC with a running OS/2 1.x or 2.x - ethernet network adapter - NDIS protocol stack - TCP/IP 1.2 from IBM for OS/2 (only used by Tricklet) The Tricklet library is also available for UNIX with the gcc compiler installed (SUN and HP tested). You'll find the source in: tricklet.3.1.tar.Z To compile the OS/2 software, you will need: - microsoft C compiler 6.0 (last one with OS/2 support, thanx microsoft) If you don't recognise these words, you won't be needing this software. For those of you who are still reading, first the good news: - btng is distributed with source code - we don't ask for much, just acknowledgement of our work, and bug-reports, suggestions etc. - the software can be obtained using anonymous ftp to dnpap.et.tudelft.nl. Get the following files: pub/btng/btng3exe.zip # executables pub/btng/btng3src.zip # full source pub/btng/btng3unx.zip # UNIX source of Tricklet # utils. you can also mail to our mailserver mailserver@dnpap.et.tudelft.nl Now the bad news: - btng3 is the third (beta-like) version that hits the public streets. There will be problems/bugs. - it is a very advanced piece of software, and you can do a lot of things wrong. - there is almost no documentation. We will write user documentation when there is a need for it. This is a research product, and we don't need user manuals ;-) . We wrote this software to experiment with network managament, SNMP, and RMON. Although the software conforms to all these standards, it is should not be confused with commercial products. We don't give support, and the documentation is bad. So use it to experiment with network management, in non-critical network environments. If you are using the btng software, you are advised to join our mailing list. btng@dnpap.et.tudelft.nl --> mailing list btng-request@dnpap.et.tudelft.nl --> subscribtions/unsubscr. Carpe Diem, Jan -- snip,snip -- -- -- Ir. Jan van Oorschot. --- Email: J.P.M.vOorschot@et.tudelft.nl -- -- Data Network Performance Analysis Project -- -- CARDIT, Delft University of Technology ------------ Tel: (31)-15-786179 -- -- P.O.Box 5031, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands ------ Fax: (31)-15-784898 --