USRobotics Instant802 APSDK - Manual (Page 167)

Professional Access Point
Administrator Guide
SNMP - 167
the option.
Field Description
Enable SNMP SNMP provides a way for the access point to store management information
and to provide the information to a network-management system (NMS). (See
http://www.snmplink.org/ for more general information on SNMP.)
Choose to either enable (default) or disable use of Simple Network Manage-
ment Protocol:
Read-only Community Name (entire
MIB) If SNMP is enabled, enter the name of the community that is allowed to make
information queries against the MIB.
The community name acts an as authentication mechanism. The name func-
tions as a password, and a request is considered authentic if the requester
knows the password.
The community name is alphanumeric; do not use special characters or
spaces.
Allow SNMP SET Requests Choose to either enable or disable the honouring of SNMP SET requests:
• Enable —Machines on the network that provide the correct community name
can issue SET requests.
• Disable —(default) SET requests are not honoured.
SET requests are restricted to the USR5453-SYSTEM MIB and USR5453-
WIRELESS-CHAN MIB..
Read-write community name (for per-
mitted SETs) If SET requests are enabled, enter the name of the community that is allowed
to make SET requests.
The community name acts an as authentication mechanism. The name func-
tions as a password, and a request is considered authentic if the requester
knows the password.
The community name is alphanumeric; do not use special characters or
spaces.
Designate source of permitted SNMP
requests Choose to either enable or disable designating the source of the SNMP
requests:
• Enable —(default) A machine must be designated in the Source field in order
for its requests to be honoured.
• Disable —Any machine in the network may issue requests.