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Configuring SNMP settings
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SNMP allows a network administrator to manage network performance, find and solve network
problems, and plan for network growth. The Mobility 5181 Access Point supports SNMP
management functions for gathering information from its network components, communicating
that information to specified users and configuring the access point. All the fields available within
the access point are also configurable within the MIB.
The Mobility 5181 Access Point SNMP agent functions as a command responder and is a
multilingual agent responding to SNMPv1, v2c and v3 managers (command generators). The
factory default configuration maintains SNMPv1/2c support of the community names, hence
providing backward compatibility.
SNMP v1/v2c community definitions and SNMP v3 user definitions work independently, and both
use the Access Control List (ACL) of the SNMP Access Control sub-screen.
Use the SNMP Access screen to define SNMP v1/v2c community definitions and SNMP v3 user
definitions. SNMP version 1 (v1) provides a strong network management system, but its security is
relatively weak. The improvements in SNMP version 2c (v2c) do not include the attempted security
enhancements of other version-2 protocols. Instead, SNMP v2c defaults to SNMP-standard
community strings for read-only and read/write access. SNMP version 3 (v3) further enhances
protocol features, providing much improved security. SNMP v3 encrypts transmissions and
provides authentication for users generating requests.
To configure SNMP v1/v2c community definitions and SNMP v3 user definitions for the Mobility
5181 Access Point: