SNMP
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.
To enable the SNMP support feature, select Enabled. Otherwise, select Disabled. The default is Disabled.
This Access Point supports SNMP version 1, 2, and 3. Select SNMP V1 & V2 if you don’t need the enhanced capability on V3 or your management software does not support V3. Otherwise, select SNMP V3.
Identification
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.
Security user Name. SNMPv3 only. Create a administrator account to access and manage the SNMP MIB objects.
Authentication password. SNMPv3 only. Enter the authentication password for administrator account (minimum length 8).
Privacy password. SNMPv3 only. Enter the privacy password for data encryption on the administrator's management traffic (minimum length 8).
Get Community. Enter the password that allows
Set Community. Enter the password that allows read/write access to the Access Point’s SNMP information. The default is private.
SNMP
SNMP Trusted Host. You can restrict access to the Access Point’s SNMP information by IP address. Enter the IP address in the field provided. If this field is left blank, then access is permitted from any IP address.
SNMP
Change these settings as described here and click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel
Changes to cancel your changes. Help information is available on the right side of the screen.
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