Acer WLAN 11g Broadband Router User Manual

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585.10 SNMPThe Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is anapplication layer protocol that facilities the exchange ofmanagement information between network devices. It is part ofTCP/IP (Transmission Control protocol/Internet Protocol) suite andenables you to control and monitor the network in a simple way.On the SNMP page, you can edit the basic Agent information andalso configure up to 6 SNMP trap receiver’s IP Addresses. When atrap condition occurs, your router will send an SNMP trap messageto any NMS (Network Management System) specified as trapreceivers, for example, when power supply errors occur.And moreover, you can specify different community names forauthenticating access to the management information, whichfunction as embedded passwords:▪ Read: Gives you READ access to all the managementinformation, but does not allow WRITE access.▪ Write: Gives you both READ and WRITE access to all themanagement information.What do you want to do?▪ Configure Agent Information, SNMP Trap Host IP Addressesand Community Names on Your Router▪ Delete an Existing SNMP Trap Receiver▪ Delete SNMP Community Names5.10.1. To Configure Agent Information, SNMP Trap Host IPAddresses and Community Names on Your Router:5.10.1.1. On the Advanced navigation bar, click SNMP.Notes :NMS (Network Management System) is an SNMP managementapplication together with the computer it runs on.Currently the Company AP Router supports SNMPv1 (SNMP version1) and SNMPv2 (SNMP version 2) which have a number of features incommon except for some enhancements.Note :The community name definitions on your NMS must match at least oneof the above two community name definitions.