prompt$ snmpwalk -c mylittlesecret -v 1 remotehost | egrep 'ifDescr|ifAdminStatus' IF-MIB::ifDescr.1 = STRING: sis0 IF-MIB::ifDescr.2 = STRING: vr0 IF-MIB::ifDescr.3 = STRING: lo0 IF-MIB::ifDescr.4 = STRING: faith0 IF-MIB::ifAdminStatus.1 = INTEGER: up(1) IF-MIB::ifAdminStatus.2 = INTEGER: up(1) IF-MIB::ifAdminStatus.3 = INTEGER: up(1) IF-MIB::ifAdminStatus.4 = INTEGER: down(2)