NETGEAR WFS709TP-100NAS manual SNMPv3 User Details

WFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch Software Administration Manual

Table 13-1. Basic WFS709TP SNMP Parameters (continued)

Field	Description	Expected/Recommended Value
Read Community	Community strings used to	These are the community strings that
Strings	authenticate requests for SNMP	are allowed to access the SNMP data
	versions before version 3.	from the WFS709TP (only needed if
		using SNMP v2c).
Enable Trap	Enables generation of SNMP traps to	Select this option and configure the
Generation	configured SNMP trap receivers. Refer	details of the trap receivers to enable
	to “SNMP Traps” on page 13-9 for a list	generation of traps for various events
	of traps that are generated by the	by the WFS709TP.
	WFS709TP.
Trap receivers	Host information about a trap receiver.	Configure the following for each
	This host must be running a trap	host/trap receiver:
	receiver to receive and interpret the	• IP address.
	traps sent by the WFS709TP.	• SNMP version (1 or 2c).
		• Community string.
		• (Optional) UDP port on which the trap
		receiver is listening for traps. The
		default is the UDP port number 162.

If you are using SNMPv3 for getting the values from the WFS709TP, follow the steps below to configure valid users for SNMPv3:

1.Click Add in the SNMPv3 Users section to add a new SNMPv3 user.

2.Enter the information described in Table 13-2.

Table 13-2. SNMPv3 User Details

Field	Description	Expected/Recommended Value
User name	A string representing the name of the	A string value for the user name.
	user.
Authentication	An indication of whether messages	This can take one of the two values:
protocol	sent on behalf of this user can be	• MD5: HMAC-MD5-96 Digest
	authenticated, and if so, the type of	Authentication Protocol
	authentication protocol being used.	• SHA: HMAC-SHA-96 Digest
		Authentication Protocol
Authentication	If messages sent on behalf of this user	String password for MD5 or SHA,
protocol password	can be authenticated, the (private)	depending on the choice of protocol.
	authentication key for use with the
	authentication protocol.

Configuring Management Utilities 13-3

v1.0, June 2007