[SNMP4J] OID / MIB Relation

[Matt Klinker]

I apologize if this question has been covered and I'm just unable to locate
:) I'm new to working with SNMP at all, and I just found this project
yesterday. What I'm trying to determine, is what is the relationship between
a OID and MIB? From my understanding, a MIB just provide syntax, and a
readable equivlant to an OID? In that case, is there a way that I can send a
request using the string representation? In all the examples I've been able
to locate, a request is made in the format of 1.3.6.1.2.2.1.0 where as I
would like to say something like "SysDescr" or whatever else is defined in
my MIB. I can't seem to find any classes in the API that relate to MIB, just
simply an OID class that assumes you have the numeric formated command.

On a side note, as I say, I'm new to a lot of this terminology and practice,
and would appreciate if anyone could point me to some good solid reference
material. I've been reading a lot, but mostly it seems to be high level
stuff repeated over and over.

Thanks for taking the time to read this :) I'd appreciate any
help/direction!