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| The community string is case sensitive. |
| You may not leave the field empty. |
| The default community string is “private.” |
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Restrict the source of | Use this option to increase the security of |
SNMP requests to only the | the access point by restricting the use of |
designated hosts or | SNMP management to specific subnets or |
subnets | individual workstations. The options are |
| described here: |
| Enabled: Check this option if you want to |
| restrict the use of SNMP on the access |
| point to only those management stations |
| specified in the next field in the window. |
| Restricting SNMP applies to both read- |
| only and |
| Disabled: Check this option to disable this |
| feature and permit any workstation to |
| manage the unit with SNMP. This is the |
| default setting. |
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Hostname, address, or | Use this field to specify the management |
subnet of Network | workstations that are allowed to use |
Management System | SNMP to manage the device. This field |
| only applies if you selected the Enabled |
| option in the previous field. You may |
| specify the management workstation by |
| hostname, IP address, or subnet address: |
| Here are the guidelines: |
| You may specify only one value in the |
| field. |
| You may specify an authorized SNMP |
| workstation by its DNS hostname (e.g. |
| smith.abc.com). |
| You may specify an authorized SNMP |
| workstation by its IP address (e.g. |
| 149.23.45.102.) |
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