Asante Technologies 1012 User Manual

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Chapter 3 — AsantéBridge 1012 Local Management

This table allows you to control access to SNMP MIB objects.

All data fields initially display the parameter values contained in
bridge memory at the time this menu is opened.

SNMP_COMMUNITY_STRING

field

This string provides names for the SNMP communities (logical
groups of SNMP objects).

Public

and

Private

are the standard

default values.

The

ACCESSING_MODE

field specifies either

Read Only

or

Read/

Write

access for this community of objects.

The

STATUS

field determines if the associated SNMP community

is available or not. If set to

OFF

, this community of objects cannot

be accessed.

To use the SNMP Community Name Table, do the following:

1

Use the

arrow keys

to move the highlight bar to the field

you want to edit.

2

The

SNMP COMMUNITY STRING

field is a text string and

is edited in the data entry bar. Select the field and press

return

.

The data entry bar opens and displays the current field
contents. Press

control-u

to erase the current data and

then enter the new string.

Press

return

when the new data is correct.

3

The

ACCESSING_MODE

field toggles between

Read Only

and

Read/Write

. Select the field and press the

space bar

or

return

to toggle between entries.

4

The

STATUS

field is also a toggle. Press the

space bar

or

return

to display

ON

or

OFF

.

5

Enter

control-z

to return to the

SNMP Agent Parameters

Menu

.

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