This provides an introduction to the Java SNMP package , an open-source implementation of the SNMP protocol in a Java package. It provides support for basic SNMP client operations as defined in SNMP versions 1 and 2 (excluding the security model proposed as part of SNMP version 2, which was never widely accept or deployed). The package provides a mechanism for "getting and setting" SNMP object identifier (OID) values through a simple communication interface, and represents SNMP structures and datatypes as corresponding Java objects. The package assumes familiarity with the SNMP protocol as detailed in RFC's 1157, 1155, 1212, etc.; however, some simple examples are provided which illustrate its use for simple get/set operations (though a knowledge of the concepts of OIDs and SNMP datatypes is still required). WWW: http://edge.mcs.drexel.edu/GICL/people/sevy/snmp/