Management & Monitoring Tools

[ColTom2]

Hi:

I was reviewing my options applicable Add - Windows Components and under
"Management & Monitoring Tools" I could add the following two items to my
Windows XP Home Edition:

1. Simple Network Management Protocol

2. WMI SNMPProvider

I currently have a Sony desktop with wireless router and a Toshiba laptop
with wireless adapter card and have upgraded the SP2 on both computers and
everything is working fine. My question is what are the two items listed
above and what benefit would I get if I added these to my current operating
systems? I have Norton System Works 2004 on both computers and the only time
that I have ever seen anything about WMI was Norton said their Live Update
should be run twice prior to SP2 upgrade. This would provide a WMI update
that would prevent erroneous messages being sent etc.

Again, what would be the advantage of adding these two features?

Thanks,

Tom

 

[Duncan Newell]

Hi:

I was reviewing my options applicable Add - Windows Components and under
"Management & Monitoring Tools" I could add the following two items to my
Windows XP Home Edition:

1. Simple Network Management Protocol

2. WMI SNMPProvider

I currently have a Sony desktop with wireless router and a Toshiba laptop
with wireless adapter card and have upgraded the SP2 on both computers and
everything is working fine. My question is what are the two items listed
above and what benefit would I get if I added these to my current operating
systems? I have Norton System Works 2004 on both computers and the only time
that I have ever seen anything about WMI was Norton said their Live Update
should be run twice prior to SP2 upgrade. This would provide a WMI update
that would prevent erroneous messages being sent etc.

Again, what would be the advantage of adding these two features?

Thanks,

Tom

Hi Tom,

WMI SNMP is - Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), SNMP (Simple Network
Management Protocol )

Simple Network Management Protocol; a standard for gathering statistical
data about network traffic and the behavior of network components; SNMP uses
management information bases (MIBs), which define what information is
available from any manageable network device.

Windows Management Instrumentation Improves administrative control by
allowing administrators to correlate data and events from multiple sources
and vendors on a local or enterprise basis.

Thanks, Duncan