use Net::SNMP qw(:asn1); # missing $monitor? my $monitor = '192.168.254.1'; # remove quotes from OCTET_STRING, it's a constant. my @oids = ($svSvcName, OCTET_STRING, $message); #### # snmptrapd -f -P 2003-09-23 15:20:06 NET-SNMP version 5.0.6 Started. 2003-09-23 15:20:25 192.168.254.1(via 192.168.254.1) TRAP, SNMP v1, community public SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises Enterprise Specific Trap (0) Uptime: 0:00:01.00 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.77.1.2.3.1.1 = STRING: "THIS IS AN SNMP TEST" 2003-09-23 15:20:48 192.168.254.1(via 192.168.254.1) TRAP, SNMP v1, community public SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises Enterprise Specific Trap (0) Uptime: 0:00:01.00 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.77.1.2.3.1.1 = STRING: "THIS IS AN SNMP TEST" 2003-09-23 15:21:08 192.168.254.1(via 192.168.254.1) TRAP, SNMP v1, community public SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises Enterprise Specific Trap (0) Uptime: 0:00:00.00 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.77.1.2.3.1.1 = STRING: "THIS IS AN SNMP TEST"