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Chapter 21: Configuring SNMP
Configuring SNMP Settings
Table 21.1 SNMP Settings
Field
SNMP Enabled/Disabled
Read-only community
name for permitted GETs
Port number the SNMP
agent will listen to
Allow SNMP SET
Requests
Read-write community
name for permitted SETs
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Description
You can choose whether or not you want to enable SNMP on your network. By default SNMP is
disabled.
• To enable SNMP, click Enabled.
• To disable SNMP, click Disabled.
Note: If you do not enable SNMP, all remaining fields on the SNMP page will be dis-
abled.
Enter a read-only community name.
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 func-
tions as a password and the request is assumed to be authentic if the sender knows the pass-
word.
The community name can be in any alphanumeric format.
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.
You can choose whether or not to allow SNMP SET requests.
Enabling SET requests means that machines on the network can execute SET requests to the
configured agent on the AP.
Note: SET requests are restricted to the proprietary System MIB.
• To enable SNMP SET requests, click Enabled.
• To disable SNMP SET requests, click Disabled.
If you have enabled SNMP SET requests, you can set a read-write community name.
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.
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