NET.CFG Options Reference
Desktop SNMP Option
NOTE:If Desktop SNMP receives a request protocol data unit (PDU) whose community name is not authorized, it does not respond to the request.
For example, suppose the control community name is “secret,” and Desktop SNMP receives a SETRequest PDU with a community name of “public.” Desktop SNMP discards the SETRequest UDP and does not respond to the UDP. However, Desktop SNMP does send an authentication trap to the trap targets if
SNMPENABLEAUTHENTRAPS ON.
A community name can be any arbitrary,
Community name strings are
In the Desktop SNMP section of the NET.CFG file, you can define three communities, as described in the following table: