Developers guide

Chapter 6

Configuration by example 38

DEVICE=eth1

ONBOOT=yes

BOOTPROTO=none

Trap receiver

PacketFence uses snmptrapd as the trap receiver. It stores the community name used by the switch to

send traps in the switch config file (/usr/local/pf/conf/switches.conf):

[default]

SNMPCommunityTrap = public

Switch Setup

In our example, we enable linkUp/linkDown on a Cisco 2900LX and Port Security on a Cisco Catalyst 2960.

Please consult the Network Devices Configuration Guide for the complete list of supported switches and

configuration instructions.

linkUp/linkDown + MAC Notification

On the 2900XL.

global setup

snmp-server enable traps snmp linkdown linkup

snmp-server enable traps mac-notification

snmp-server host 192.168.1.5 trap version 2c public snmp mac-notification

mac-address-table notification interval 0

mac-address-table notification

mac-address-table aging-time 3600

on each interface

switchport mode access

switchport access vlan 4

snmp trap mac-notification added

Port Security

On the 2960.

global setup