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September 14, 2024 Monitoring

How to Install SNMP on Windows 10/11 Without Internet Access (Offline)

Install SNMP on Windows 10 and Windows 11 without Internet using FOD (Features on Demand) ISO package.

Many companies avoid exposing certain machines to the Internet to reduce security risks, requiring offline methods for product activation and operations. This is a common practice today.

Imagine a scenario where you are using offline installations of Windows 10 and Windows 11 and you want to monitor them using SNMP. Before monitoring, you need to install SNMP.

If you try to execute a standard PowerShell command for the SNMP installation, as shown in the screenshot below, you will encounter an error.

The user can’t install SNMP on Windows 10 using the standard procedure

Installing SNMP on the offline machine is slightly different from Windows 10 and Windows 11 connected to the internet.

I will show you how to install SNMP on offline Windows 10 using the FOD (Features on Demand) package. The same procedure applies to Windows 11.

Windows 10 Offline Machine

Step 1: Download the Features on Demand ISO file

Since Windows 10 doesn’t have internet access, you’ll need to download the SNMP feature manually. Microsoft provides the Features on Demand (FOD) ISO file, which includes the SNMP client.

To download the FOD, you must have access to either MSDN or VLSC. If you don’t have access to MSDN or VLSC, drop me a comment or email, and I will share it with you.

Download the ISO file on a machine with Internet access, then transfer it to the offline Windows 10 machine.

Once the file is downloaded, mount it on your Windows 10 machine by right-clicking on the file and selecting Mount.

Windows 10 FOD ISO Content

Step 2: Install SNMP client

Login to the offline Windows 10 machine, open File Explorer and navigate to the drive.

  1. Run PowerShell as administrator.
  2. Enter the following PowerShell command to run the FOD component for SNMP:
Dism /online /add-package /packagepath:"D:\Microsoft-Windows-SNMP-Client-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~.cab"
Add SNMP Package
  1. Run the following command to install the SNMP client:
Dism /online /Add-Capability /CapabilityName:"SNMP.Client~~~~0.0.1.0"
Install SNMP Client

Now, if you open the Services applet (services.msc), you will see that the SNMP Service is running, which wasn’t the case before.

SNMP Service is running

Step 3: Configure SNMP

Since SNMP is installed, it’s time to configure it. If you close the Services applet (services.msc), open it again to continue.

  1. Navigate to SNMP Service, right click on it, and then click Properties.
  2. Click on the Security tab to configure the community string and ACL.
  3. Click on Add… under Community to create a community string. In my case, the community string is called prtg.
  4. Select Accept SNMP packets from these hosts and click Add… to add the IP of your NMS (Network Monitoring Solution). In my case, the IP is 192.168.88.245 which is my PRTG Core Server. This means the Windows machine will only accept SNMP communication coming and going to my NMS.
Configure SNMP
  1. Click Apply and OK and you are done.

That’s it! Enjoy monitoring!

…and feel free to share your comments.

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Comments (36):

  1. Torsten

    September 20, 2024 at 22:15

    Hi Jasmin, thanks for this comprehensive and to the point post. Please be so kind to share the FOD iso file with me 😉
    Thanks,
    T.

    Reply

  2. venkata sai

    September 24, 2024 at 06:54

    please send FOD package

    Reply

  3. Torsten

    September 30, 2024 at 08:52

    Dear Jasmin, can you please send the link again, I missed the 72h exipiration….
    Thanks,
    T.

    Reply

      • Torsten

        October 3, 2024 at 22:19

        Thanks again and it works just fine!

        Was just wondering if you know or could somehow figure out, which files exactly I need for the SNMP Agent installation? 4,7 GB File Transfer usually takes some time and hope to be able to speed up the copy process 😉

        Thanks,
        T.

        Reply

        • Jasmin Kahriman

          October 3, 2024 at 23:03

          The name of the file is mentioned in the 2nd step. It is Microsoft-Windows-SNMP-Client-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~.cab.

          Reply

  4. vijay

    October 4, 2024 at 08:19

    Hi Jasmin Can you share FOD package for windows 10 1809.
    Thanks in advance.

    Reply

  5. Torsten

    October 4, 2024 at 22:18

    Thanks dear Yasmin for all your patience and sorry for nerving again.

    But I tried step 2 already with installing only that one file in a temp folder C:\Temp\Microsoft-Windows-SNMP-Client-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~.cab
    Meaning without the overhead of all the other 4.8 GB files and received an error message.
    So there must be other files from the FOD package required which I can’t figure out. Also checked the in the error message adviced Windows log file with the installation error but could not pin point which files are required to install only the SNMP Agent…did you have a chance to try as well?

    Thanks again,
    T.

    Reply

    • Jasmin Kahriman

      October 5, 2024 at 10:51

      Hi Torsten – I haven’t tried using single files yet because transferring and mounting ISO files takes 3-5 minutes. From your feedback, it looks like there are dependencies with other CAB files. If you find out which file is needed, please let us know.
      P.S. I think you’ll spend a lot more time figuring out the exact needs, while copying the ISO and installing SNMP should only take a few minutes.

      Reply

      • Torsten

        October 9, 2024 at 10:41

        Thanks again and yes, there are some dependencies here. But you have a very valid point here and I’ll my rest case for now 🙂

        Reply

  6. Martin

    October 10, 2024 at 10:39

    Hi Jasmin,
    I tried your install description, but the command Add-Capability end with an Error “0x8024401c”.
    Do you have any Idea about?
    I am still offline and has no internet connection with the system
    Thanks

    Reply

    • Jasmin Kahriman

      October 10, 2024 at 12:23

      Hi Martin, did you download the FOD image and mount it as described?

      Reply

  7. mulyoe

    October 14, 2024 at 11:51

    please send FOD package for win11

    Reply

  8. EddyKang

    October 15, 2024 at 09:04

    I Need windows10/11 both…
    thanks.

    Reply

  9. Rashid

    October 17, 2024 at 11:25

    Please share the FOD.

    Reply

  11. Rajdeepsinh

    October 19, 2024 at 13:17

    Please share the FOD.

    Reply

  12. Alex Northon

    October 29, 2024 at 19:01

    Please share FOD package for win10

    Reply

  13. Lucas

    November 4, 2024 at 13:24

    Hi Jasmin!!!.
    I downloaded FOD but, I can’t find the correct package, Microsoft-Windows-SNMP-Client-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~.cab.
    Can you share this FDO?.
    Thank You

    Reply

  14. Alex

    November 7, 2024 at 10:41

    Hi Jasmin!!!.
    Do you have Package for Windows 10 1809?

    Reply

  15. vijay

    November 19, 2024 at 15:08

    Hi jasmin can you share Windows 10 Features on Demand, version 1809 ISO file.

    Reply

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