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+## Synopsis
+
+An archive of 4576 MIBs for SNMP. They are all here, even though Github truncates the file view to the first 1000. The MIBs come from a multitude of vendors, so please search the repository for ones you need. Also, please throw any MIBs in here that are missing. Eventually, together, we can make this repository a one-stop MIB shop and all stop scouring the internet for that one MIB we need.
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+## Motivation
+
+I created this out of frustration at the severe lack of large, free MIB repositories. I hope this helps people in similar situations.
+
+## Installation
+
+Clone or download the repository, the move the MIB files to where they are needed. On *nix systems, this is typically `/usr/share/snmp/mibs`.
+
+## Contributers
+
+Myself, as well as all of you. If we work together, finding MIBs won't be painful in the future.
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