Simple Network Management Protocol
Groups
Cisco Small Business WAP121 and WAP321 Wireless-N Access Point with PoE 139
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•RO—A read-only group using authentication and data encryption. Users in
this group use an MD5 key/password for authentication and a DES key/
password for encryption. Both the MD5 and DES key/passwords must be
defined. By default, users of this group have read access to the default all
MIB view.
•RW—A read/write group using authentication and data encryption. Users in
this group use an MD5 key/password for authentication and a DES key/
password for encryption. Both the MD5 and DES key/passwords must be
defined. By default, users of this group have read and write access to the
default all MIB view.
NOTE The default groups RO and RW cannot be deleted.
NOTE The WAP device supports a maximum of eight groups.
To add and configure an SNMP group:
STEP 1 Select SNMP > Groups in the navigation pane.
STEP 2 Click Add to create a new row in the SNMPv3 Groups table.
STEP 3 Check the box for the new group and click Edit.
STEP 4 Configure the parameters:
•Group Name—A name that identifies the group. The default group names
are RO and RW.
Group names can contain up to 32 alphanumeric characters.
•Security Level—Sets the security level for the group, which can be one of
these options:
-noAuthentication-noPrivacy—No authentication and no data
encryption (no security).
-Authentication-noPrivacy—Authentication, but no data encryption.
With this security level, users send SNMP messages that use an MD5
key/password for authentication, but not a DES key/password for
encryption.
-Authentication-Privacy—Authentication and data encryption. With this
security level, users send an MD5 key/password for authentication and a
DES key/password for encryption.
For groups that require authentication, encryption, or both, you must
define the MD5 and DES key/passwords on the SNMP Users page.