Trap Settings - EnGenius EWS Series User Manual

Trap Settings

A trap is a type of SNMP message. The Switch can send traps to an SNMP manager when an event
occurs.
You can restrict user privileges by specifying which portions of the MIBs that a user can view. In this way,
you restrict which MIBs a user can display and modify for better security. In addition, you can restrict the
types of traps users can send as well. You can do this by determining where messages are sent and what
types of messages can be sent per user. Traps indicating status changes can be issued by the Switch to
the specified trap manager by sending authentication failure messages and other trap messages.
Server
IP/Hostname
SNMP Version
Notify Type
Community Name
UDP
Timeout
Retry
Enter the server IP or Hostname. The Hostname can contain up to 128
alphanumeric characters.
Select the SNMP version from the list.
Select the type of notification to be sent.
Traps: Traps are sent.
Informs: Informs are sent ONLY when v2c is enabled.
NOTE:
The recipient of a trap message does not send a response to the
Switch. Traps are therefore not as reliable as inform messages,
which include a request for acknowledgment of receipt. Inform
messages can be used to ensure that critical information is
received by the host. However, please note that informs
consume more system resources because they must be kept in
memory until a response is received. Informs also add to
network traffic. You should consider these effects when deciding
whether to issue notifications as traps or informs.
Select the Community Name from the list.
Enter the UDP port used to send notifications.
Configurable only if the notify type is Informs. Enter the amount of time the
device waits before re-sending. The default is 15 seconds.
Configurable only if the notify type is Informs. Enter the amount of time the
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