[c-nsp] Re: Trap Messages on a Cisco Router

[MacKinnon, Ian]

Are you seeing the message in the log? (show log)
Can you ping the syslog server?
Do you need a source address specified?
Is the syslog.conf correct?



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karim Mattar [mailto:kmattar at cs.bu.edu] 
> Sent: 12 April 2005 18:58
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [c-nsp] Re: Trap Messages on a Cisco Router
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Quick question. I'm trying to force a cisco router to 
> generate a trap message
> and send it back to a host where I am running snmptrapd and 
> logging the
> information in a file. I've enabled all the traps I could 
> think of including the
> config trap, which supposedly causes the router to spit out a 
> trap message every
> time something is re-configured. So naturally, I simply try 
> to shutdown an
> interface on the router. Theoretically, the router should 
> send a trap message to
> the host saying something about a re-configured interface. 
> However, in my case,
> nothing happens. I know there is a path from the router to 
> the host and back
> since I can traceroute/ping the router. Is there something 
> else that needs to be
> configured on the router or on the host?
> 
> Best,
> Karim
> 
>  
> 
> -- 
> Karim Mattar, Research Assistant
> Computer Science Department
> Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
> Tel: (617) 353-8924
> kmattar at cs.bu.edu
> http://cs-people.bu.edu/kmattar/
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