Hello Bill,
let me please disagree.
Lets have a look again at standard snmpget where I specified "specific OID" (means I want to get value just for one specific interface):
# snmpget -c public -v 2c 217.169.128.14 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.1
IF-MIB::ifDescr.1 = STRING: FastEthernet0/0
Please mind...