Simple Network Management Protocol
General SNMP Settings
Cisco Small Business WAP121 and WAP321 Wireless-N Access Point with PoE 135
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General SNMP Settings
You can use the General page to enable SNMP and configure basic protocol
settings.
To configure general SNMP settings:
STEP 1 Select SNMP > General in the navigation pane.
STEP 2 Select Enabled for th e SNMP setting. SNMP is disabled by default.
STEP 3 Specify a UDP Port for SNMP traffic.
By default, an SNMP agent listens only to requests from port 161. However, you
can configure this so that the agent listens to requests on a different port. The valid
range is from 1025 to 65535.
STEP 4 Configure the SNMPv2 settings:
•Read-only Community—A read-only community name for SNMPv2
access. The valid range is 1 to 256 alphanumeric and special characters.
The community name acts as a simple authentication feature to restrict the
machines on the network that can request data to the SNMP agent. The
name functions as a password, and the request is assumed to be authentic
if the sender knows the password.
•Read-write Community—A read-write community name to be used for
SNMP set requests. The valid range is from 1 to 256 alphanumeric and
special characters.
Setting a community name is similar to setting a password. Only requests
from the machines that identify themselves with this community name are
accepted.
•Management Station—Determines which stations can access the WAP
device through SNMP. Select one of these options:
-All—The set of stations that can access the WAP device through SNMP
is not restricted.
-User Defined—The set of permitted SNMP requests is restricted to
those specified.
•NMS, IPv4 Address/Name—The IPv4 IP address, DNS hostname, or subnet
of the network management system (NMS), or the set of machines that can
execute get and set requests to the managed devices.