UDP 161 is user to poll equipment for status / statistics UDP 162 is used for SNMP traps. (SNMP traps are typically used by equipment to send a warning message to an SNMP server.) Regards Søren Kent Jensen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel F. Chief Security Engineer -" <danielf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Gilles Yue" <gyue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 1:44 PM Subject: Re: MRTG and IPTABLES > SNMP UDP Ports 161 and 162 MRTG typically only uses 161. > > > Thanks > > On Wednesday 07 January 2004 00:54, Gilles Yue wrote: > > MRTG cannot work properly due to iptables running. > > > > > > > > Anybody knows which port number to open to enable MRTG to work properly. > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > Rgds > > > > gy > > -- > Daniel Fairchild - Chief Security Officer | danielf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > The distance between nothing and infinity is always the same no matter how > close you get to nothing. > >
