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Task 7: Setting up SNMP agent
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You may set the SNMP tab parameters as follows.
Table 42 AP SNMP attributes
Attribute Meaning
SNMP Community String
1
Specify a control string that can allow a Network Management
Station (NMS) to access SNMP information. No spaces are
allowed in this string. The default string is Canopy.
SNMP Community String
1 Permissions
You can designate the SNMP Community String 1 to be the
password for WM, for example, to have Read / Write access to
the module via SNMP or for all SNMP access to the module to
be Read Only.
SNMP Community String
2 (Read Only)
Specify an additional control string that can allow a Network
Management Station (NMS) to read SNMP information. No
spaces are allowed in this string. The default string is
Canopyro. This password will never authenticate a user or an
NMS to read/write access.
The Community String value is clear text and is readable by a
packet monitor. Additional security derives from the
configuration of the Accessing Subnet, Trap Address, and
Permission parameters.
Engine ID The Engine ID may be between 5 and 32 hex characters. The
hex character input is driven by RFC 3411 recommendations on
the Engine ID. The default Engine ID is the MAC address of the
device
SNMPv3 Security Level Specify security model where users are defined and
authenticated before granting access to any SNMP service.
Each device can configure the security level of SNMPv3 to No
authentication/No privacy, Authentication/No privacy, or
Authentication/Privacy.
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