QNAP devices have snmp support out-of-the-box, unfortunately the agent they ship with is almost unusable. At first it seems it supports lots of cool features (like fans, temperature, smart, etc) but if you take a little time to dig deeper you will notice that almost all key entries are, what?!, octetStrings.
So good luck estimating disk usage when it is reported as a string: '1.8TB' (I quote exactly as it is shown by mibbrowser).
Without wasting any more of your (and mine) time let's fix that by installing the Optware QPKG and then installing net-snmp from the ipkg web console. The whole process is traightforward, just make sure to have a recent firmware:
log in to the QNAP admin web interfaceopen Applications servers and then select QPKG Centerfrom the Available tab install Optware and the enable it from the Installed tabnow access the Optware web interface and search for net-snmp, then click the install button on the net-snmp package At this point net snmp is running, we …
So good luck estimating disk usage when it is reported as a string: '1.8TB' (I quote exactly as it is shown by mibbrowser).
Without wasting any more of your (and mine) time let's fix that by installing the Optware QPKG and then installing net-snmp from the ipkg web console. The whole process is traightforward, just make sure to have a recent firmware:
log in to the QNAP admin web interfaceopen Applications servers and then select QPKG Centerfrom the Available tab install Optware and the enable it from the Installed tabnow access the Optware web interface and search for net-snmp, then click the install button on the net-snmp package At this point net snmp is running, we …