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Table 24. SNMP (Continued)

Field

Description

 

 

 

 

Port number the SNMP

Use this parameter to specify the port

agent will listen to

number for SNMP. The range is 1 to

 

65535. The default is 161.

 

 

Allow SNMP set requests

Use this parameter to either permit or

 

deny managers to use the read-write

 

community string to change the

 

parameter settings of the access point.

 

The choices are described here:

 

Enabled; Check this option to permit

 

managers to use the read-write

 

community string to change the

 

parameter settings of the access point.

 

Disabled: Check this option to prevent

 

managers from using the read-write

 

community string to change the

 

parameter settings. If you click this option,

 

the read-write community string acts as a

 

read-only community string, giving you

 

two read-only strings on the access point.

 

 

Read-write community

Use this parameter to specify the read-

name (for permitted SNMP

write community string. Here are the

set operations)

guidelines:

 

Managers may use this community string

 

to both view and change the parameter

 

settings on the access point, unless the

 

previous option “Allow SNMP set

 

requests” is disabled.

 

The community string may be from 1 to

 

256 characters.

 

You may specify only one read-write

 

community string.

 

The community string may contain both

 

letters and numbers,

 

The community string may not contain

 

spaces.

 

 

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