Allied Telesis AT-WA7500 Using Simple Network Management Protocol Snmp, Parameter Description

Chapter 8: Managing, Troubleshooting, and Upgrading Access Points

Using Simple

Network

Management

Protocol (SNMP)

The access point can be managed using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP); that is, you access the access point from an SNMP management station. Contact your Allied Telesyn representative if you need to obtain a copy of the MIB.

Before you can use an SNMP management station, you must define the access point’s SNMP community strings.

To configure the SNMP community strings

1.From the menu, click Network Management. The Network Management screen appears.

2.Configure the SNMP community parameters. For help, see the next table.

3.Click Submit Changes to save your changes. To activate your changes, from the menu bar click Save/Discard Changes, and then click Save Changes and Reboot. For help, see “Saving Configuration Changes” on page 46.

Table 63. SNMP Community Parameter Descriptions

Parameter	Description
SNMP Read	Specify a password that provides read-only
Community	access. This password can be from 1 to 15
	characters and is case sensitive.
	The default is public.
SNMP Write	Specify a password that provides read and write
Community	access. This password can be from 1 to 15
	characters and is case sensitive.
	The default is CR52401.

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