All,

Xerox has an interest and has already posted to a MIB Repository.  I see that quite a few other members of the PWG have also done so.  The site I refer to is MibDepot <http://www.mibdepot.com/cgi-bin/mibvendors.cgi?id=8415>.  Not only are private MIBs from various vendors made available but also the standard MIBs such as rfc3805 <http://www.mibdepot.com/cgi-bin/vendor_index.cgi?r=ietf_rfcs&id=8517> (#178).  The site is well organized for browsing the various MIBs.  The down side is that it requires a $10 contribution before downloads of the zip/tar file containing a vendor’s MIB can be done.  To me that seems a reasonable cost given all the other functionality of the website.  If that is perceived as a problem perhaps we can work something out with MibDepot.  Take a look at the repository and think about how we would make the MIBs available to interested parties.

Pete

Greetings:

The PWG Steering Committee has had a request for the Printer Working Group
to host an SNMP MIB repository on the PWG web site to allow hardcopy device
vendors to publish their private/enterprise MIBs for any/all products they
choose.

Before work on the mechanics and logistics of setting up a web/ftp site and
developing a process for the controlled publish and update of the MIBs, the
PWG Steering Committee would like to guage the level of committment and
interest, from hardcopy device vendors, in using such a MIB repository
to publish thier MIBs.

Please respond to the PWG officers with your company's level of interest
(Yes,would publish MIB info. if a site was available, or NO,not interested) in having
a MIB repository available.

Please send your responses to:
(Replacing "dot" with . and "at" with <at> ):

thrasher"at"lexmark"dot"com
lee"dot"farrell"at"cda"dot"canon"dot"com
harryl"at"us"dot"ibm"dot"com


Jerry Thrasher
PWG Chair