Cisco AP541N Dual-band Single-radio Access Point Administration ...

5Table 25FieldSNMP Settings (Continued)DescriptionRead-only community Enter a read-only community name.name (for permittedSNMP get operations) The community name, as defined in SNMPv2c, acts as asimple authentication mechanism to restrict the machineson the network that can request data to the SNMP agent.The name functions as a password, and the request isassumed to be authentic if the sender knows thepassword.The community name can be in any alphanumeric format.Double quote (") is not a valid character.Port number the By default, an SNMP agent only listens to requests fromSNMP agent will listen port 161. However, you can configure this parameter sotothat the agent listens to requests on another port.Enter the port number on which you want the SNMPagents to listen to requests.Allow SNMP setrequestsNOTE: This is a global SNMP parameter that applies toSNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3.You can choose whether or not to allow SNMP setrequests on the access point. Enabling SNMP setrequests means that machines on the network canexecute configuration changes by using the SNMP agenton the access point to the Cisco System MIB.Read-writecommunity name (forpermitted SNMP setoperations)To enable SNMP set requests, click Enabled.To disable SNMP set requests click Disabled.If you have enabled SNMP set requests you can set aread-write community name.Setting a community name is similar to setting apassword. Only requests from the machines that identifythemselves with this community name will be accepted.The community name can be in any alphanumeric format.Double quote (") is not a valid character.Cisco AP 541N Dual-band Single-radio Access Point Quick Start Guide 106