Introduction; Pre-Requisites - Proxim ORiNOCO AP-800 Installation And Management Manual

7.1 Introduction

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an application-layer protocol designed to facilitate the exchange of
management information between the network devices. It is a part of the TCP/IP protocol and is most commonly used by the
Network Administrators.
SNMP MIB (Management Information Base) is a collection of various network objects that can be accessed using a
network-management protocol such as SNMP. MIB supports two types of network objects:
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Scalar Object: Scalar object is a single object instance.
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Tabular Object: Tabular object is a multiple object instance that are grouped in MIB table.
SNMP is a client-server network management architecture. A server requests information from a client's MIB. A particular MIB
defines few Object Identifiers (OIDs) which are used to request information from a client.
: Refer to the supplementary document for MIB description.

7.2 Pre-requisites

Listed below are the pre-requisites before configuring the AP device using MIB browser.
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Ensure that you have configured the IP address of the AP device in the MIB browser.
: Proxim recommends to use ProximVision ES (PVES) to make configuration changes. If you want to browse the MIB,
then Proxim recommends to use NuDesign.
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Configure the version of SNMP as V2c.
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Configure the Port Number. By default the port number is set to 161.
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Configure the Read Community Password. By default, the password is "public".
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Configure the Read/Write Community Password. By default, the password is "public".
: To receive traps, MgmtSnmpTrapHostTablePassword should be same as MgmtSNMPTeadPassword.
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