diff -bur opennms-1.2.0-1/source/src/services/org/opennms/netmgt/poller/monitors/SnmpMonitor.java opennms-1.2.0-1-ww1/source/src/services/org/opennms/netmgt/poller/monitors/SnmpMonitor.java
--- opennms-1.2.0-1/source/src/services/org/opennms/netmgt/poller/monitors/SnmpMonitor.java	2005-02-12 04:16:16.000000000 +0100
+++ opennms-1.2.0-1-ww1/source/src/services/org/opennms/netmgt/poller/monitors/SnmpMonitor.java	2005-02-23 15:11:44.761824008 +0100
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 package org.opennms.netmgt.poller.monitors;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.Class;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
@@ -96,6 +98,11 @@
     private static int DEFAULT_PORT = 161;
 
     /**
+     * Default pdutype to use in requests
+     */
+    private static String DEFAULT_PDUTYPE = "GETNEXT";
+
+    /**
      * Default object to collect if "oid" property not available.
      */
     private static final String DEFAULT_OBJECT_IDENTIFIER = ".1.3.6.1.2.1.1.2"; // MIB-II
@@ -265,6 +272,7 @@
         String oid = ParameterMap.getKeyedString(parameters, "oid", DEFAULT_OBJECT_IDENTIFIER);
         String operator = ParameterMap.getKeyedString(parameters, "operator", null);
         String operand = ParameterMap.getKeyedString(parameters, "operand", null);
+        String pdutype = ParameterMap.getKeyedString(parameters, "pdutype", DEFAULT_PDUTYPE);
 
         // set timeout and retries on SNMP peer object
         //
@@ -272,7 +280,7 @@
         peer.setRetries(retries);
 
         if (log.isDebugEnabled())
-            log.debug("poll: service= SNMP address= " + ipaddr.getHostAddress() + " port= " + port + " oid=" + oid + " timeout= " + timeout + " retries= " + retries + " operator = " + operator + " operand = " + operand);
+            log.debug("poll: service= SNMP address= " + ipaddr.getHostAddress() + " port= " + port + " oid=" + oid + " timeout= " + timeout + " retries= " + retries + " operator = " + operator + " operand = " + operand + " pdutype=" + pdutype);
 
         // Establish SNMP session with interface
         //
@@ -302,11 +310,21 @@
         // retrieval is completed...wrapping in a try/finally block
         //
         try {
-            // Create SNMP response handler, send SNMP GetNext request and
+            // Create SNMP response handler, send SNMP pdutype request and
             // block waiting for response.
             //
             SnmpResponseHandler handler = new SnmpResponseHandler();
-            SnmpPduPacket out = new SnmpPduRequest(SnmpPduPacket.GETNEXT, new SnmpVarBind[] { new SnmpVarBind(new SnmpObjectId(oid)) });
+            Class c = Class.forName("org.opennms.protocols.snmp.SnmpPduPacket");
+            Field SnmpField = null;
+            try {
+            	SnmpField = c.getField(pdutype);
+            } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
+            	if (log.isEnabledFor(Priority.ERROR)) {
+            		log.error("poll: an error occured using the pdutype " + pdutype + e.getMessage());
+                }
+            	status = SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE;
+            }
+            SnmpPduPacket out = new SnmpPduRequest(SnmpField.getInt(c), new SnmpVarBind[] { new SnmpVarBind(new SnmpObjectId(oid)) });
 
             synchronized (handler) {
                 session.send(out, handler);