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Chapter 6: Configuring the Wireless-G Access Point
The Administration - Management Tab
Wireless-G Access Point with Power Over Ethernet and Rangebooster
SNMP
SNMP is a popular network monitoring and management protocol. It provides network administrators with the
ability to monitor the status of the Access Point and receive notification of any critical events as they occur on the
Access Point.
To enable the SNMP support feature, select
Enabled
. Otherwise, select
Disabled
. The default is
Disabled
.
This Access Point supports SNMP version 1, 2, and 3. Select
SNMP V1 & V2
if you don’t need the enhanced
capability on V3 or your management software does not support V3. Otherwise, select
SNMP V3
.
Identification
Contact
. Enter the name of the contact person, such as a network administrator, for the Access Point.
Device Name
. Enter the name you wish to give to the Access Point.
Location
. Enter the location of the Access Point.
Security user Name
. SNMPv3 only. Create a administrator account to access and manage the SNMP MIB
objects.
Authentication password
. SNMPv3 only. Enter the authentication password for administrator account
(minimum length 8).
Privacy password
. SNMPv3 only. Enter the privacy password for data encryption on the administrator's
management traffic (minimum length 8).
Get Community
. Enter the password that allows read-only access to the Access Point’s SNMP information. The
default is
public
.
Set Community
. Enter the password that allows read/write access to the Access Point’s SNMP information. The
default is
private
.
SNMP Trap-Community
. Enter the password required by the remote host computer that will receive trap
messages or notices sent by the Access Point.
SNMP Trusted Host
. You can restrict access to the Access Point’s SNMP information by IP address. Enter the IP
address in the field provided. If this field is left blank, then access is permitted from any IP address.
SNMP Trap-Destination
. Enter the IP address of the remote host computer that will receive the trap messages.
Change these settings as described here and click
Save Settings
to apply your changes, or click
Cancel
Changes
to cancel your changes. Help information is available on the right side of the screen.