User guide

Configuring an AP for the Destination Configuring for the Destination
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pmp-0229 (Mar 2013)
You may set the SNMP tab parameters as follows.
SNMP Community String 1
Specify a control string that can allow an 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 Prizm, 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 an Network Management Station (NMS) to read
SNMP information. No spaces are allowed in this string. The default string is Canopy2. 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.
Accessing IP / Subnet Mask 1 to 10
Specify the addresses that are allowed to send SNMP requests to this AP. The NMS has an
address that is among these addresses (this subnet). You must enter both
• The network IP address in the form xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
• The CIDR (Classless Interdomain Routing) prefix length in the form /xx
For example
• the /16 in 198.32.0.0/16 specifies a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0 (the first 16 bits in the address
range are identical among all members of the subnet).
• 192.168.102.0 specifies that any device whose IP address is in the range 192.168.102.0 to
192.168.102.254 can send SNMP requests to the AP, presuming that the device supplies the
correct Community String value.
The default treatment is to allow all networks access. For more information on CIDR, execute an
Internet search on “Classless Interdomain Routing.” You are allowed to specify as many as 10
different accessing IP address, subnet mask combinations.