Linksys Manage Your Wireless-G Access Point with SNMP Settings

Wireless-G Access Point

The Administration - SNMP Tab

SNMP is a popular network monitoring and management protocol. It provides network administrators with the ability to monitor the status of the Access Point and receive notification of any critical events as they occur on the Access Point.

SNMP V1/V2c

To enable the SNMP support feature, select Enable. Otherwise, select Disable.

Contact. Enter the name of the contact person, such as a network administrator, for the Access Point.

Device Name. Enter the name you wish to give to the Access Point.

Location. Enter the location of the Access Point.

SNMP Community

You can have up to two passwords. Then select the level of access you want to assign to each password.

(public.) Enter the first password that allows access to the Access Point’s SNMP information. The default is public. Then select the level of access you want to assign, Read-Only or Read/Write.

(private.) Enter the second password that allows access to the Access Point’s SNMP information. The default is private. Then select the level of access you want to assign, Read-Only or Read/Write.

Change these settings as described here and click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Click Help for more information.

Chapter 7: Configuring the Wireless-G Access Point

Figure 7-22: Administration - SNMP Screen

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The Administration - SNMP Tab