Linksys SLM248G4S (G5), SLM224G4S (G5) manual Snmp Communities

Chapter 5 Configuration Using the Web-based Utility

Authentication Method  Use this to enable or disable Authentication between the SNMP Agent on the Switch and the SNMP Manager.

•None  Disables authentication between the SNMP Agent on the Switch and the SNMP Manager.

•MD5 Password  Enables authentication using HMAC- MD5-96 password authentication.

•SHA Password  Enables authentication using HMAC- SHA-96 password authentication.

•MD5 Key  Enables authentication using the HMAC- MD5 algorithm.

•SHA Key  Enables authentication using HMAC-SHA-96 authentication.

Password  Defines the local user password. Local user passwords can contain up to 159 characters.

Authentication Key  Defines the HMAC-MD5-96 or HMAC-SHA-96 authentication level. The authentication and privacy keys are entered to define the authentication key. If only authentication is required, 16 bytes are defined. If both privacy and authentication are required, 32 bytes are defined. Each byte in hexadecimal character strings is two hexadecimal digits. Each byte can be separated by a period or a colon.

Privacy Key  Defines the Privacy Key (LSB). If only authentication is required, 20 bytes are defined. If both privacy and authentication are required, 36 bytes are defined. Each byte in hexadecimal character strings is two hexadecimal digits. Each byte can be separated by a period or colon.

Click Add to List to add the Group Membership configuration to the respective table at the bottom of the screen.

SNMP > Communities

The Communities screen is used to define SNMP communities. The Communities screen contains the following three areas: Communities, Basic Table and Advanced Table.

SNMP > Communities

SNMP Management Station  Defines the management stationIPaddressforwhichtheadvancedSNMPcommunity is defined. There are two definition options: either select the first radio button and enter the management station IP address in the field (default), or select All to include all management station IP addresses.

Community String  Defines the password used to authenticate the management station to the device.

Basic  Enables SNMP Basic mode for a selected community and contains the following fields:

Access Mode  Defines the access rights of the community. The possible field values are:

•Read Only  Management access is restricted to read- only, and changes cannot be made to the community.

•Read Write  Management access is read-write and changes can be made to the device configuration, but not to the community.

•SNMP Admin  User can access all device configuration options, and can modify the community.

View Name  Contains a list of user-defined SNMP views.

Advanced  Enables SNMP Advanced mode for a selected community and contains the following fields:

Group Name  Defines advanced SNMP communities group names.

Click Add to List to add the Communities configuration to the respective Table at the bottom of the screen.

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