Software User Manual
D-Link UAP
12/10/09
34CSFP6XXUAP-SWUM100-D13
Configuring SNMP on the Access Point
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Figure 20: Modifying SNMP Settings
Table 30: SNMP Settings
Field
Description
SNMP
Enabled/Disabled
You can specify the SNMP administrative mode on your network. By default SNMP is
enabled. To enable SNMP, click
Enabled
.
To disable SNMP, click
Disabled
.
A
fter changing the
mode, y
ou must click
Apply
to save your configuration changes.
Note
:
If you disable SNMP, all remaining fields on the SNMP page are is disabled. This is a
global SNMP parameter which applies to SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3.
Read-only
community name
(for permitted GETs)
Enter a read-only community name.
The community name, as defined in SNMPv2c, acts as a simple authentication mechanism
to restrict the machines on the network that can request data to the SNMP agent. The name
functions as a password, and the request is assumed to be authentic if the sender knows the
password.
The community name can be in any alphanumeric format.
Port number the SNMP
agent will
listen to
By default an SNMP agent only listens to requests from port 161. However, you can configure
this so the agent listens to requests on another port.
Enter the port number on which you want the SNMP agents to listen to requests.
Note:
This is a global SNMP parameter which applies to SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and
SNMPv3.
