
Using SNMP Interface to Manage the Access
AP-8000 User Guide
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The
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
is an application-layer protocol designed to facilitate the exchange
of management information between the network devices. It is a part of the TCP/IP protocol and is most commonly used
by the Network Administrators.
SNMP MIB (Management Information Base)
is a collection of various network objects that can be accessed using a
network-management protocol such as SNMP. MIB supports two types of network objects:
•
Scalar Object
: Scalar object is a single object instance.
•
Tabular Object
: Tabular object is a multiple object instance that are grouped in MIB table.
SNMP is a client-server network management architecture. A server requests information from a client’s MIB. A particular
MIB defines few Object Identifiers (OIDs) which are used to request information from a client.
NOTE:
Refer to the supplementary document for MIB description.
Pre-requisites
Listed below are the pre-requisites before configuring the AP device using MIB browser.
• Ensure that you have configured the IP address of the AP device in the MIB browser. Proxim provides the MIB along
with the CD.
NOTE:
Proxim recommends to use Proxim Vision ES (PVES) to make configuration changes. If you want to browse
the MIB, then Proxim recommends to use NuDesign.
• Configure the version of SNMP as V2c.
• Configure the Port Number. By default the port number is set to 161.
• Configure the Read Community Password. By default, the password is “public”.
• Configure the Read/Write Community Password. By default, the password is “public”.
NOTE:
To receive traps, MgmtSnmpTrapHostTablePassword should be same as MgmtSNMPTeadPassword.
Viewing the MIB Objects
1. After configuring the pre-requisite information, load the MIB file.
2. Navigate to
Proxim
under the
private
node.
•
To view all the objects, right-click and select
Walk.
This will display all the default and configured objects.
•
To view a particular object, select a particular object, right-click and click
Get
. This will display the selected
configured object.
Configuring the MIB Objects
To Configure the Scalar Objects
1. Select the object, right-click and click
Set.
This will display the existing configured values.
2. To make changes to the existing value, double-click the object. This displays the list of values for configuration. Select
the desired values and click
Ok
.
3. Click
Execute
to store the changes in the temporary buffer and proceed to
SysMgmtCfgCommit
table to Commit the
changes.
To Configure the Tabular Objects
1. Select the object, right-click and click
Get Table
. This displays the
Table List
.
2. From the menu, click
Set
and drag the table entry for which you want to make the changes to the
Set window
.