HiliSoft MIB Browser Free Edition

HiliSoft MIB Browser Free Edition is a small Windows application whose purpose is to help your load and parse MIB files, check out MIB nodes and modules, as well as work with several SNMP commands.MIB files include a set of definitions for each managed object and provide details about data type of the object, validity of the object, as well as the purpose of each MIB object.

Simple looks and importing options

The tool reveals a clean layout and helps you browse throughout the content of MIB files with the aid of an Explorer-like layout.HiliSoft MIB Browser Free Edition gives you the possibility to import data from MIB, MY or plain text file format, and load the content of an entire directory that stores multiple MIB files.On the downside, there’s no help manual included in the package so rookies may need extra time to getting used to working with the utility.

Navigation mode and SNMP commands

Thanks to the tree view mode, you can easily browse and edit values of SNMP agent’s variable via SNMP v1, v2c or v3 communication. The program also integrates a built-in trap receiver that is able to collect information from SNMP agents.HiliSoft MIB Browser Free Edition gives you the possibility to activate several SNMP commands, such as ‘GET’ for querying information on a network entity, ‘GETNEXT’ for retrieving the value of the next OID in the tree, ‘SET’ for modifying information on the remote host, ‘GETBULK’ for retrieving large amount of data, ‘WALK’ for performing a sequence of chained ‘GETNEXT’ requests automatically, as well as ‘TRAP’ for sending information to a network manager.

Configuration settings

HiliSoft MIB Browser Free Edition allows you to pick two default MIBs, test and load them, as well as automatically import definitions from default MIBs if necessary.When it comes to altering SNMP entities, you can provide details about the name, address, and port, choose between the v1, v2c and v3 connections, enter the timeout and number of retries, tweak the SNMP v1/v2c read and write options (public or private), and alter the SNMP v3 connections by giving information about the security and context names, engine ID, security level and authentication protocol.

Bottom line

All things considered, HiliSoft MIB Browser Free Edition offers a straightforward solution for helping you browse MIB files. However, it hasn’t been updated for a while so it may cause compatibility issues on newer operating systems.