Figure 37: Snmp Settings Screen - Quasar CF-4251 User And Installation Manual

7.3.3.3 SNMP Settings
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) enables the camera to be monitored and managed
remotely by the network management system.
SNMP v1/v2
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Enable SNMP v1 or Enable SNMP v2 – Select the version of SNMP (v1 or v2) to use by
checking the relevant box.
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Read Community – Specify the community name that has read-only access to all supported
SNMP objects. The default value is public.
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Write Community – Specify the community name that has read/write access to all supported
SNMP objects (except read-only objects). The default value is private.
SNMP v3
SNMPv3 provides important security features including:
 Confidentiality – Encryption of packets to prevent snooping by an unauthorized source.
 Integrity – Message integrity to ensure that a packet has not been tampered with in transit
including an optional packet replay protection mechanism.
 Authentication – To verify that the message is from a valid source.
To enable the SNMP v3 protocol, enter the appropriate data and passwords requested:
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Enable SNMP v3 – Select the checkbox.
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Security Name – See note below.
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Authentication Type – Select MD5 or SHA from the drop-down menu. See note below.
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Authentication Password – See note below.
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Encryption Type – either DES or AES. See note below.
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Encryption Password – See note below.

Figure 37: SNMP Settings Screen

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