Simple Network Management Protocol
General SNMP Settings
Cisco Small Business WAP121 and WAP321 Wireless-N Access Point with PoE
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General SNMP Settings
You can use the General page to enable SNMP and configure basic protocol
settings.
To configure general SNMP settings:
STEP 1
Select
SNMP
>
General
in the navigation pane.
STEP 2
Select
Enabled
for the
SNMP
setting. SNMP is disabled by default.
STEP 3
Specify a
UDP Port
for SNMP traffic.
By default, an SNMP agent listens only to requests from port 161. However, you
can configure this so that the agent listens to requests on a different port. The valid
range is from 1025 to 65535.
STEP 4
Configure the SNMPv2 settings:
•
Read-only Community
—A read-only community name for SNMPv2
access. The valid range is 1 to 256 alphanumeric and special characters.
The community name acts as a simple authentication feature 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.
•
Read-write Community
—A read-write community name to be used for
SNMP set requests. The valid range is from 1 to 256 alphanumeric and
special characters.
Setting a community name is similar to setting a password. Only requests
from the machines that identify themselves with this community name are
accepted.
•
Management Station
—Determines which stations can access the WAP
device through SNMP. Select one of these options:
-
All
—The set of stations that can access the WAP device through SNMP
is not restricted.
-
User Defined
—The set of permitted SNMP requests is restricted to
those specified.
•
NMS, IPv4 Address/Name
—The IPv4 IP address, DNS hostname, or subnet
of the network management system (NMS), or the set of machines that can
execute get and set requests to the managed devices.
