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20 Meru Radio Switch RS4000 Reference Guide
Determine How the RS4000 Is To Be Managed
To start using SNMP, the following needs to be established:
z The IP address and community string of the server running the SNMP manager that can establish
Read Only sessions.
z The IP address and community string of the server running the SNMP manager that can establish
Read Write sessions.
When configuring the SNMP manager access, you can allow specific managers SNMP access by
defining the IP address of that manager, or allow all SNMP managers access, by using the default IP
address 0.0.0.0.
Configuring the SNMP Manager Settings
The commands to allow the SNMP Manager to communicate with the agent that resides in the RS4000
establish the type of SNMP operations the manager can perform. The SNMP manager can be
configured for ReadOnly operations, which allow SNMP get operations, or ReadWrite, which allow
SNMP get/set operations. Using the ReadWrite access allows remote configuration of the RS4000,
when used with the writable MIB objects.
Configuring ReadOnly Managers
The following commands enable ReadOnly communication (1), and set the IP address and community
string (used as a password) for an SNMP manager at IP address 192.168.200.100:
# set snmpcommunity ROPrivilege 1
# set snmpcommunity ROCommunityString CatsCradle
# set snmpcommunity ROManagerIpAddress 192.168.200.100
To allow all SNMP managers in the network to have read access, do not use the command set
snmpcommunity ROManagerIpAddress. Instead, the default setting 0.0.0.0 is used to allow all
SNMP managers with the community string CatsCradle.
Configuring ReadWrite Managers
The following commands enable ReadWrite communication (1), and set the IP address and
community string (used as a password) for an SNMP manager at IP address 192.168.300.100:
# set snmpcommunity RWPrivilege 1
# set snmpcommunity RWCommunityString CatsCradle
Caution! As shipped, the system is set with a default password and default SNMP community
strings that allow documented access to the management interfaces. It is strongly recommended that
you change these default settings as soon as possible to prevent unauthorized access to your system.
The commands to perform these changes follow.
Note:
If need be, the default IP address can be reset by using the 0.0.0.0 address as argument to
the IP address command (snmpcommunity ROManagerIpAddress).