Linksys SRW224G4P Snmp Group Membership, Snmp Communities, User Authentication, Data Privacy

Chapter 5 Configuring the Switch

SNMP > Group Membership

SNMP > Group Membership

User Name  The name of the user connecting to the SNMP agent.. (Range: 1-32 characters)

Local  Click the Local option to use the local SNMP agent..

Remote  The Internet address of the remote device where the user resides.. Click the Remote option and select an IP address from the drop-down list..

Group Name  The name of the SNMP group to which the user is assigned.. (Range: 1-32 characters)

Security Model  The user security model; SNMP v1, v2c or v3.. (Default: v1)

Security Level  The security level used for the user:

•noAuthNoPriv  There is no authentication or encryption used in SNMP communications.. (This is the default for SNMPv3..)

•AuthNoPriv  SNMP communications use authentication, but the data is not encrypted (only available for the SNMPv3 security model)..

•AuthPriv  SNMP communications use both authentication and encryption (only available for the SNMPv3 security model)..

User Authentication

Authentication Protocol  The method used for user authentication.. (Options: MD5, SHA; Default: MD5)

Authentication Password  A minimum of eight plain text characters is required..

Data Privacy

Privacy Protocol  The encryption algorithm use for data privacy; only 56-bit DES is currently available..

Privacy Password  A minimum of eight plain text characters is required..

SNMP > Communities

You may configure up to five community strings authorized for management access by clients using SNMP v1 and v2c.. All community strings used for IP Trap Managers should be listed in this table.. For security reasons, you should consider removing the default strings..

SNMP > Communities

Community String  A community string that acts like a password and permits access to the SNMP protocol..

Default strings: “public” (read-only access), “private” (read/ write access)

Range: 1-32 characters, case sensitive

•Access Mode  Specifies the access rights for the community string:

•Read-Only Authorized management stations are only able to retrieve MIB objects..

•Read/Write  Authorized management stations are able to both retrieve and modify MIB objects..

Enter a name and select the access rights from the Access Mode drop-down menu.. These strings act as passwords, they are case-sensitive and can be up to 32 characters long.. Strings can be specified for read-only or read/write access.. Once this is entered, click Add..

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