Setting the SNMP Configuration

Optionally use the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to communicate with controllers, service platforms and access points within the wireless network. SNMP is an application layer protocol that facilitates the exchange of management information to and from a managed device. SNMP enabled devices listen on port 162 (by default) for SNMP packets from the management server. SNMP uses read-only and read-write community strings as an authentication mechanism to monitor and configure supported devices. The read-only community string is used to gather statistics and configuration parameters from a supported wireless device. The read-write community string is used by a management server to set device parameters. SNMP is generally used to monitor a system's performance and other parameters.