User Manual

VCom Inc.
AP5857 Manual; ml_ap5857_08 (Oct 2005)
Approved: R.B.
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6.6 SNMP
6.6.1 Operation
The steps required to enable SNMP operation are as follows:
1. Configure the Network Interface as described in Section 6.4 above.
2. Configure SNMP settings using the local interface (as described in Section 5.6.6) either locally or remotely
via Telnet.
The steps required for configuring an SNMP Management Station to manage an SNMP enabled access point
are as follows:
1. Load and compile the 2 supplied MIB files (supplied on disk) into the MIB database on the Management
station. The supplied MIB files are described in Section 6.6.2.
2. Refer to the documentation that accompanied the Management station for information on
Compiling Private MIB files, adding devices to manage, etc.
6.6.2 Supplied MIBs
There are 2 Private MIB files that are used by the SNMP agent. These files are provided on disk. These files
must be compiled into the MIB used in the SNMP management station that will be managing the AP5857 unit.
The two files must be added in order. The file named wc-glob_r40.mib must be added first followed by the file
named wcAP5857.mib
These MIB files have been tested with SNMPc V5.0 from Castlerock software, MG-SOFT MIB Browser
Professional, and with HP OpenView from Hewlett Packard.
6.6.3 Configuration
SNMP can be enabled or disabled via the local interface (locally or remotely), refer to section 5 for details.
6.6.4 Community Strings
The SNMP read and write communities are user definable strings. SNMP Community strings are like a user id
or password that allows access to device's statistics. A SNMP Manager sends the community string along
with all SNMP requests. If the community string is correct, the device responds with the requested
information. If the community string is incorrect, the device simply discards the request and does not respond.
Refer to Section 5 for information on viewing and changing the SNMP community strings.