[Gllug] SNMP gurus?

Simon Morris sm at fsfe.org
Mon Nov 20 10:15:22 UTC 2006


On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 09:55 +0000, John Hearns wrote:
> Sorry guys.
> Its just that GLLUG talks have a habit of spiralling out of control if 
> it is a highly technical topic without defined bounds.

I totally agree. The Q&A sometimes can also ramble out of control. It's
been pointed out to me in the past :-)

> Look at Tushars talk last meeting for a very GOOD example of how to keep 
> the lid on a talk, and finish on time. It could have very easily 
> spiralled off into a discussion of the pros and cons of various backup 
> packages. The talk was aimed at a beginner audience, and Tushar did very 
> well to keep if focussed.
> 

It was.. he did.

> Same with the SNMP thing - the main course of the evening will be the 
> OpenNMS. I suggest a fixed-price entree of SNMP.
> 

Sure - lets keep it simple. But I'm not sure you can give an overview of
SNMP without mentioning OIDs and traps etc.

Thanks

~sm

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