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LAPAC1750PRO Access Point Software User Manual
Figure 42: SNMP-General
Table 50: SNMP-General Settings
Field Description
SNMP
You can specify the SNMP administrative mode on your
network By default SNMP is enabled To enable SNMP,
Enabled/Disabled
click Enabled To disable SNMP, click Disabled After
changing the mode, you must click Save to save your
configuration changes
Note: If SNMP is disabled, all remaining fields on
the SNMP page are disabled This is a global SNMP
parameter which applies to SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and
SNMPv3
Section 3: Configuring the Access Point
UDP Port By default an SNMP agent only listens to requests from
port 161 However, you can configure this so the agent
listens to requests on another port
Enter the port number on which you want the SNMP
agents to listen to requests The valid range is 1-65535
Note: This is a global SNMP parameter that applies
to SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3
Read Only Enter a read-only community name The valid range is
Community
1-256 characters
The community name, as defined in SNMPv2c, acts
as a simple authentication mechanism to restrict the
machines on the network that can request data to the
SNMP agent The name functions as a password, and
the request is assumed to be authentic if the sender
knows the password
The community name can be in any alphanumeric
format
Read Write If you have enabled SNMP set requests you can set a
Community
read-write community name The valid range is 1-256
characters
Setting a community name is similar to setting a
password Only requests from the machines that
identify themselves with this community name will be
accepted
The community name can be in any alphanumeric
format
Management You can restrict the source of permitted SNMP requests
Station
To restrict the source of permitted SNMP requests,
Restriction
select Enabled
To permit any source submitting an SNMP request,
select Disabled
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