diff --git a/Netdisco/Changes b/Netdisco/Changes
index 819e9b06..e0a9eb5e 100644
--- a/Netdisco/Changes
+++ b/Netdisco/Changes
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
   * [#108] Port Bounce port control feature (down and up in succession)
   * Support for stuffing other locations into @INC at runtime
+  * New netdisco-do command "show" for diagnostic reporting
 
   [ENHANCEMENTS]
 
diff --git a/Netdisco/Makefile.PL b/Netdisco/Makefile.PL
index 4aab05bd..ce6ace9a 100644
--- a/Netdisco/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Netdisco/Makefile.PL
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ requires 'App::cpanminus' => 1.6108;
 requires 'App::local::lib::helper' => 0.07;
 requires 'Archive::Extract' => 0;
 requires 'CGI::Expand' => 2.05;
+requires 'Data::Printer' => 0;
 requires 'DBD::Pg' => 0;
 requires 'DBD::SQLite' => 1.37;
 requires 'DBIx::Class' => 0.08250;
diff --git a/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-do b/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-do
index 7d6457b9..4a67bd75 100755
--- a/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-do
+++ b/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-do
@@ -73,7 +73,11 @@ unless ($action) {
 # create worker (placeholder object for the role methods)
 {
   package MyWorker;
+
   use Moo;
+  use Module::Load ();
+  use Data::Printer ();
+
   with 'App::Netdisco::Daemon::Worker::Poller::Device';
   with 'App::Netdisco::Daemon::Worker::Poller::Arpnip';
   with 'App::Netdisco::Daemon::Worker::Poller::Macsuck';
@@ -82,7 +86,6 @@ unless ($action) {
   with 'App::Netdisco::Daemon::Worker::Interactive::DeviceActions';
   with 'App::Netdisco::Daemon::Worker::Interactive::PortActions';
 
-  use Module::Load ();
   eval { Module::Load::load 'App::Netdisco::Util::Graph' };
   sub graph {
     App::Netdisco::Util::Graph::graph();
@@ -94,6 +97,22 @@ unless ($action) {
     App::Netdisco::Util::NodeMonitor::monitor();
     return ('done', 'Generated monitor data.');
   }
+
+  use App::Netdisco::Util::SNMP ();
+  sub show {
+    $extra ||= 'interfaces'; my $class = undef;
+    ($class, $extra) = split(/::([^:]+)$/, $extra);
+    if ($class and $extra) {
+        $class = 'SNMP::Info::'.$class;
+    }
+    else {
+        $extra = $class;
+        undef $class;
+    }
+    my $i = App::Netdisco::Util::SNMP::snmp_connect($device, $class);
+    Data::Printer::p($i->$extra);
+    return ('done', "Showed $extra response from $device.");
+  }
 }
 my $worker = MyWorker->new();
 
diff --git a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Util/SNMP.pm b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Util/SNMP.pm
index c19c2924..746186ab 100644
--- a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Util/SNMP.pm
+++ b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Util/SNMP.pm
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Returns C<undef> if the connection fails.
 
 =cut
 
-sub snmp_connect { _snmp_connect_generic(@_, 'read') }
+sub snmp_connect { _snmp_connect_generic('read', @_) }
 
 =head2 snmp_connect_rw( $ip )
 
@@ -54,16 +54,17 @@ Returns C<undef> if the connection fails.
 
 =cut
 
-sub snmp_connect_rw { _snmp_connect_generic(@_, 'write') }
+sub snmp_connect_rw { _snmp_connect_generic('write', @_) }
 
 sub _snmp_connect_generic {
-  my ($ip, $mode) = @_;
+  my ($mode, $ip, $class) = @_;
   $mode ||= 'read';
 
   # get device details from db
   my $device = get_device($ip);
 
   my %snmp_args = (
+    AutoSpecify => 0,
     DestHost => $device->ip,
     Retries => (setting('snmpretries') || 2),
     Timeout => (setting('snmptimeout') || 1000000),
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ sub _snmp_connect_generic {
     MibDirs => [ _build_mibdirs() ],
     IgnoreNetSNMPConf => 1,
     Debug => ($ENV{INFO_TRACE} || 0),
+    DebugSNMP => ($ENV{SNMP_TRACE} || 0),
   );
 
   # an override for bulkwalk
@@ -100,12 +102,12 @@ sub _snmp_connect_generic {
     : (reverse (1 .. (setting('snmpver') || 3))) );
 
   # use existing or new device class
-  my @classes = ('SNMP::Info');
-  if ($device->snmp_class) {
-      unshift @classes, $device->snmp_class;
-  }
-  else {
-      $snmp_args{AutoSpecity} = 1;
+  my @classes = ($class || 'SNMP::Info');
+  unless ($class) {
+      $snmp_args{AutoSpecify} = 1;
+      if ($device->snmp_class) {
+          unshift @classes, $device->snmp_class;
+      }
   }
 
   my $info = undef;
@@ -148,7 +150,7 @@ sub _try_connect {
                                : _try_write($info, $device, $comm));
 
       # first time a device is discovered, re-instantiate into specific class
-      if ($info and $info->device_type ne $class) {
+      if ($snmp_args->{AutoSpecify} and $info and $info->device_type ne $class) {
           $class = $info->device_type;
           debug
             sprintf '[%s] try_connect with ver: %s, new class: %s, comm: %s',