Timeout while connecting to [xx.xx.xx.xx:161]

[jeanvaljean]

Hello !

I've suceed for monitoring Windows & Linux hosts (thx to zabbix agent) but I've a problem for monitoring a switch cisco 2960.

On configuration / hosts, I've this error for my switch :

Timeout while connecting to [xx.xx.xx.xx:161]
=>

It cannot connect to 161 port so.

But :
Ping between the linux zabbix to the switch is ok
Cacti monitore this switch on this port without problem
The community is correct.

Other screenshots of my configuration :

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What is the problem ?

Thanks to help me

[wax66]

Sadly the timeout error is very ambiguous. For me it's often because the switch is either in a different community or that it doesn't allow SNMP from that specific server. Try it from the command-line and see what result you get. It may be more helpful for troubleshooting (even if the error messages may not be any better).

Something like this should work at a basic level:

snmpwalk -c {YOUR SNMP COMMUNITY} {IP OF SERVER} 1

Hope that helps.
-Ron

[jeanvaljean]

It is curious.

The result of your command is timeout.
But it's ok with snmpwalk -c mycommunity -v2c.

Later, I've delete the template and finally the problem was resolve !

Thank you wax66