2. A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Simulator is a type of a networking
device simulation used to create a large virtual network. The SNMP simulator acts as
an interface of a system for a Network Management Application software. It is
different from network emulators which models the behavior of a network.
3. The SNMP simulator works as interlink. Take an example of a flight simulator which
allows a pilot to believe he is flying a plane; the SNMP Simulator works the same way.
It fools network applications into believing it is talking through the SNMP protocol to
real devices. These types of simulators have several uses which include development,
testing, support and training of network management system.
4. If you are an IT personnel, and you are looking to build a duplicate of your production
network without buying additional hardware, SNMP Simulator is your solution. For
those who are evaluating network management applications, SNMP simulation will
help. There are tools that are capable of simulating multiple SNMP agents on a single
host using multi-netting. Simulator make it easy to record the existing network and
duplicate it. That simulated network then can be modified or multiplied as needed.
5. When you are looking to simulate a
network using an SNMP Simulator,
the first step is to check the system
requirements. SNMP Agent
Simulator requires a 32 and 64 bit
Windows or Linux distributions like
Fedora, SuSE, RedHat and Debian
etc.
using i386 and x64
architectures. More CPUS,
memory and disk space you
have better the performance
you will get. Then follow the
simple installation steps and
you are ready to get started.
Typically the simulator include
many ready simulated devices
so you can already put it to use
6. Once you have a simulator up and running, you can use it for evaluation, testing,
training and support of a network management applications.