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I am trying to add the "Tree View" to my plugin like on the graphs tab. I'm working on a plugin that monitors specific processes running on a device and then reports if they are down. I'm trying to do this using purely SNMP (not sure how well it will work). I am working on a standalone pro...

Thank you acasto/Adam!!! That simple comparison/analogy made it "click" for me!

Would I have to load the vendors MIB files in order to do an snmpwalk on that OID? Do you have any links or book suggestions on learning about OID's and MIB's?

Why can't I do an snmpwalk on the OID and get something returned?

Does that also mean that I can't use vendor specific OID's? Sorry if that sounds like a dumb question.

I am fairly new to getting to the bare bones of MIB's and OID's. Basically what I want to know is how can I monitor a specific piece of equipment based on the vendors OID's? Do I need to load their MIB's, or can I just use the OID given (since I should know what the return value is)? For example, if...