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BigPond Elite™ Wireless Broadband Network Gateway USER GUIDE
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7.9 SIM PLE N ETW ORK MAN AG EME NT P ROTO CO L ( SNM P)
The Simple Network Manag e m e n t Protocol (SNMP) al l o w s a n e t w o rk ad minist ra t o r t o m o ni t o r
a n e t w o rk by retrieving settings o n remote ne t w o rk d e v ices. To do this , t h e administrator
typically runs a n S N M P manag e m e n t station pro g ra m such a s MI B bro w se r on a l o c a l host t o
obtain information f rom t h e S N M P agent, in t his case t he 3G21 W B ( i f S N M P e n a b l e d ) . A n S N M P
‘communi t y ’ p e r f o r ms t h e f u n c t i o n o f au t hentic a t i ng S N M P tra f f ic. A ‘ co m m u nity name’ acts as
a password t ha t is typically share d a m o ng SNMP agents and manag e rs.
By default, SNMP ag e n t is e n a b l e d o n t he gateway.
SETTING UP SNMP AGENT
1. Op e n a we b browse r (I e / Fire f o x / S a f a ri ) , ty p e in LAN addre ss of t h e ga t e way (http: / / 10.0.0.13 8 /
by default) to log into t h e w e b i n t e r f a ce .
2. The login usern a m e a n d p a ss w o rd by default is a d min/admi n .
3. Go t o Advance d S e t t i ngs > SNMP. Enable S N M P agent a n d se t u p all o p t i o n s accord i ng to t he
screenshot below.
4. Click Sav e / A p p l y t o a c t ivate t h e se se t t i ngs.