This is the "Read Me.txt" file distributed with the evaluation
version of MG-SOFT MIB Browser Professional Edition with MIB
Compiler Preview Release 3c (dated: 8/Feb/1997).

Copyright (C) 1995-1998 by MG-SOFT Corporation.
All rights reserved.

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Table of Contents
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1. What is included in this software release
2. About MG-SOFT MIB Browser Professional Edition
3. About MG-SOFT MIB Compiler
4. Related products by MG-SOFT Corporation
5. Ordering from Public (software) Library
6. Warning: limitation of liability
7. Contacting MG-SOFT Corporation


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1. What is included in this software release
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This software release contains the following software components:

* 'MIB Browser Professional Edition' software component
  - MIB Browser executable program
  - supporting MG-WinSNMP files
  - supporting MG-WinMIB files
  - documentation (MIB Browser help file, various text documents)

* 'MIB Compiler' software component
  - MIB Compiler executable program

* 'MIB files' software component
  - RFC1155-SMI.my
  - RFC-1212.my
  - RFC1213-MIB.my
  - RFC-1215.my
  - RMON-MIB.my
  - SNMPv2-CONF.my
  - SNMPv2-MIB.my
  - SNMPv2-SMI.my
  - SNMPv2-TC.my
  - SNMPv2-TM.my

* 'SMIDB files' (compiled MIB files) software component
  - RFC1155-SMI.smidb
  - RFC1213-MIB.smidb
  - RMON-MIB.smidb
  - SNMPv2-MIB.smidb
  - SNMPv2-SMI.smidb

* 'WinSNMP Utilities' software component
  - Simple SNMP Service
  - SNMP Ping utility
  - Send SNMP Trap utility
  - supporting DLL files

During the setup procedure you can select which software components
will be installed to your hard disk. You can choose between:

* 'Compact Install' installs the following software components:
  - MIB Browser Professional Edition files
  - SMIDB files

* 'Typical Install' installs the following software components:
  - MIB Browser Professional Edition files
  - MIB Compiler
  - MIB files
  - SMIDB files

* 'Full Install' installs all software components

* 'Custom Install' lets you select which software component(s)
  will be installed


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2. About MG-SOFT MIB Browser Professional Edition
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MG-SOFT MIB Browser Professional Edition is a WinSNMP and WinMIB based
MS Windows 95 and MS Windows NT based application. Professional Edition
of the MIB Browser is an enhanced version of the MIB Browser that is
distributed as a part of the MG-WinSNMP SDK by MG-SOFT Corporation.

The main enhancements in the Professional Edition
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* Improved SNMP functionality that enable user to select a unique remote
  SNMP agent (IP address or alias name), SNMP Community and SNMP Port
  Number for each SNMP operation.
* Integrated Performance Graph console for graphical presentation of polled
  values of numerical OIDs. On the same console several independent graphs
  can be displayed.
* Ability to configure the contents of 'Info' windows, by dragging MIB Nodes
  from the MIB Browser's main window's MIB Tree or by selecting them from the
  pop-up window containing MIB Tree.
* Logging ability in 'Info' windows. Data is stored in the CSV (comma
  separated values) format which can be imported in various spreadsheet
  applications where logged data can be further processed, analyzed, graphed,...
* Improved SNMP SET.
* Improved remote SNMP agent auto-discovery.
* Improved monitoring of SNMP tables.
* Integrated SNMP Trap notification console (TRINGER).
* Integrated ICMP Ping.
* Integrated WinMIB features that enable user to compile, load, and unload
  MIB modules on the fly.
* Improved MIB Tree Node and MIB database property viewer.
* Intuitive user interface incorporating the latest industry trends in the
  user interface design.

Ordering information
--------------------
You can order the licensed version of MG-SOFT MIB Browser Professional
Edition directly from MG-SOFT Corporation or through the secure on-line
order at PsL. The licensed version will not pop up the reminder messages
and will allow you to utilize the unlimited number of compiled MIB files
simultaneously.

You can also order parts of the MG-SOFT MIB Browser Professional Edition
source code. It is available in the MG-WinSNMP Additional Source Code
Samples packages.

Please check for the latest information about MG-SOFT MIB Browser
Professional Edition available from our web site at URL
http://www.mg-soft.com/


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3. About MG-SOFT MIB Compiler
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MG-SOFT MIB Compiler converts MIB files in ASN.1 format into the
MG-SOFT's proprietary SMIDB format. While saving the SMIDB file MIB
Compiler also generates a registry key for that database.

An application can access compiled MIB files through the industry
standard WinSNMP/MIB interface by using the WinMIB API functions
implemented in the WinMIB.DLL module.

The WinSNMP/MIB specification defines a set of database functions
that offer management applications a method of browsing the MIB
database known at the management station. It supports the following
categories of API functions:

* Mapping functions
* Navigational functions
* Data Retrieval functions
* Utility functions

By using the WinSNMP/MIB API, the application can check the registry
for available SMIDB (compiled MIB) modules, load a module, retrieve
the required information from the module and unload the module after
it isn't required anymore.

SMIDB modules are loaded as shared memory files. If more than one
application require the same SMIDB module, only one copy of the SMIDB
module is loaded into memory.

Please check the contents of the WinMIB Usage file (distributed in
the MG-WinMIB SDK) which contains the basic guidelines for programming
with the WinMIB API. However, please note that you should use the
WinSNMP/MIB API documentation as the main reference for the WinMIB
API programming (available from
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/winsnmp/).

Supplied MIB files
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Please note that all supplied MIB files have been compiled with
the MG-SOFT MIB Compiler and the corresponding SMIDB files have been
included in the software package.

All MIB files have been kindly provided by David Perkins. From his
web site at http://www.snmpinfo.com/ you can download other RFC MIB
files. David Perkins is the world's leading MIB and SNMP expert, the
co-author (with Evan McGinnis) of an excellent book Understanding SNMP MIBs,
Published in December 1996 by Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference,
ISBN 0-13-437708-7.

Availability
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The MG-SOFT MIB Compiler is bundled with various MG-SOFT products, all of
them available for downloading from http://www.mg-soft.com/

* MG-WinSNMP SDK                   (http://www.mg-soft.com/mgWinSNMP.html)
* MG-WinMIB SDK                    (http://www.mg-soft.com/mgWinMIB.html)
* SNMP EasyAgent SDK               (http://www.mg-soft.com/mgWinMIB.html)
* MG-SOFT MIB Browser Professional (http://www.mg-soft.com/mgMibBrowserPE.html)


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4. Related products by MG-SOFT Corporation
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Besides the MIB Browser Professional Edition with MIB Compiler, MG-SOFT
offers the following related products for networking software developers
and network managers/troubleshooters:

* MG-WinSNMP SDK              (http://www.mg-soft.com/mgWinSNMP.html)
* MG-WinMIB SDK               (http://www.mg-soft.com/mgWinMIB.html)
* SNMP EasyAgent SDK          (http://www.mg-soft.com/easyagent.html)
* Net Inspector               (http://www.mg-soft.com/netinsp.html)
* MONET LAN analyzer          (http://www.mg-soft.com/monetla.html)
* MONET SNMP analyzer         (http://www.mg-soft.com/monetsn.html)
* MONET LAN analyzer LITE/LLC (http://www.mg-soft.com/monetllc.html)
* MONET LAN analyzer LITE     (http://www.mg-soft.com/monetlt.html)
* WPDECO32 protocol decoder   (http://www.mg-soft.com/dll-deco.html)

Announcing new releases
-----------------------
* In Q1 1998 the following new products and updates of existing products
  will be released:

  - Net Inspector LITE Version 1.0,
  - MIB Browser Professional Edition Version Preview Release 4,
  - MG-WinSNMP SDK (supporting the WinSNMP V2 spec.) Version 1.0,
  - MG-WinMIB SDK Version 1.0,
  - SNMP EasyAgent SDK Version 1.0.

* In Q2 1998 the following new products and updates of existing products
  will be released:

  - Net Inspector (Client/Server) Version 1.0,
  - MIB Browser Professional Edition Version 1.0,

Please check the latest information about new releases on-line at URL
http://www.mg-soft.com/


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5. Ordering from Public (software) Library
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On-line orders from PsL
-----------------------
You can order some of our products on-line from PsL by pointing
your web browser to the given URLs:

For MONET LAN analyzer LITE:
  https://www.pslweb.com/cgi-win/psl_ords.exe/ITEM14880   (secure)
  http://www.pslweb.com/cgi-win/psl_ord.exe/ITEM14880     (non-encrypted)

For MONET LAN analyzer LITE/LLC:
  https://www.pslweb.com/cgi-win/psl_ords.exe/ITEM15468   (secure)
  http://www.pslweb.com/cgi-win/psl_ord.exe/ITEM15468     (non-encrypted)

For MONET SNMP analyzer:
  https://www.pslweb.com/cgi-win/psl_ords.exe/ITEM14881   (secure)
  http://www.pslweb.com/cgi-win/psl_ord.exe/ITEM14881     (non-encrypted)

For MG-WinSNMP Additional Source Code Samples:
  https://www.pslweb.com/cgi-win/psl_ords.exe/ITEM14980   (secure)
  http://www.pslweb.com/cgi-win/psl_ord.exe/ITEM14980     (non-encrypted)

For MG-SOFT MIB Browser Professional Edition:
  https://www.pslweb.com/cgi-win/psl_ords.exe/ITEM15349   (secure)
  http://www.pslweb.com/cgi-win/psl_ord.exe/ITEM15349     (non-encrypted)

Please note that URLs are case sensitive.

Credit card orders from PsL
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You can order MONET LAN analyzer LITE and MONET SNMP analyzer and
MG-WinSNMP Additional Source Code Samples with MC, Visa, Amex, or
Discover from Public (software) Library by:

Phone           800-242-4775 or 713-524-6394
Fax             713-524-6398
Internet e-mail #####@pslweb.com  (##### is the PsL product code number, listed below)
Postal mail     PsL, P.O. Box 35705, Houston, TX 77235-5705, U.S.A.

Please note that the above phone and fax numbers are located in Texas,
U.S.A. and that PsL is accepting telephone calls only between 6:00AM and
6:00PM Monday to Friday, except holidays.

When placing an order, please list also the following PsL product
code numbers:

14880 for MONET LAN analyzer LITE
15468 for MONET LAN analyzer LITE/LLC
14881 for MONET SNMP analyzer
14980 for MG-WinSNMP Additional Source Code Samples
15349 for MG-SOFT MIB Browser Professional Edition

The above phone numbers are for credit card orders only! The authors of the
listed products cannot be reached at these numbers!

Any questions about the status of the shipment of the order, refunds,
registration options, product details, technical support, volume discounts,
dealer pricing, site licenses, non-credit card orders, etc., must be
directed to info@mg-soft.si.

To insure that you get the latest version, PsL will notify us the day of
your order and we will ship the product directly to you.


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6. Warning: limitation of liability
-----------------------------------

MG-SOFT offers no warranty for the fitness of the Licensed Software for
any particular task, nor will MG-SOFT be liable for any loss of profits,
loss of data, or any incidental or consequential damage caused by the
use or misuse of Licensed Software.
MG-SOFT disclaims all liability and offers no customer remedy with
regard to the Licensed Software.

MG-SOFT OFFERS NO WARRANTY OF PERFORMANCE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH
REGARD TO THE LICENSED SOFTWARE. MG-SOFT FURTHER DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER
WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, WITH REGARD TO THE LICENSED SOFTWARE.

For more information please check the "License Agrement.txt" file.


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7. Contacting MG-SOFT Corporation
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For the latest information about our products, please check our WEB
site at URL http://www.mg-soft.com/ or contact us directly.

You can subscribe to our mailing lists on-line by filling out the
form at URL http://www.mg-soft.com/maillist.html
If you don't have access to the Internet, please let us know by
email that you wish to subscribe and we will add you to the
list of recipients.

Please send all questions, suggestions, request for technical support
and bug reports to:

MG-SOFT Corporation          Phone  +386 62 2295050
Strossmayerjeva 32A          Fax    +386 62 222725
2000 Maribor                 E-mail  info@mg-soft.si
Slovenia                     Web URL http://www.mg-soft.si/


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