this is my program: #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use lib '../lib'; use Net::SNMP; my ($session, $error) = Net::SNMP->session( -hostname => '99.1.64.65', -community => '12345', -port => 161 ); if (!defined($session)) { printf("snmp::session ERROR: %s.\n", $error); exit 1; } my $sysUpTime = '1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0'; my $result = $session->get_request( $sysUpTime ); if (!defined($result)) { printf("ERROR: %s.\n", $session->error); $session->close; exit 1; } printf("sysUpTime for host '%s' is %s\n", $session->hostname, $result->{$sysUpTime} ); $session->close;