3.13.8. SNMP

On the SNMP tab you can add, modify and delete SNMP configurations. SNMP is only used to get/read information from printers. No set/write SNMP operations are preformed.

To get here:

1. Select Menu , Settings
2. Select the SNMP tab.

See also:

• How to add a SNMPv1 configuration
• How to add a SNMPv3 configuration
• How to add printers
• How to discover printers

Version 1

• Configuration name
  The name of the SNMP configuration.

• Get Community Name
  The default is “public”. On some printers this may also be known as Community Name Read Only.

• Set Community Name
  On some printers this may also be known as Community Name Read/Write.

Version 3

• Configuration name
  The name of the SNMP configuration.

• Username
  The SNMP username can contain up to 31 characters in length and include any combination of alphanumeric characters (uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and digits). Space is not allowed.

• Security level
  Select one of the following security levels for communication:
  • No authentication and no privacy
  • Authentication and no privacy
  • Authentication and privacy

Depending on the selected Security level it is required to also configure Authentication and Privacy.

Authentication

• Authentication protocol
  Select one of the hashing algorithms:
  • SHA (Secure Hash Algorithm)
  • MD5 (Message-Digest algorithm 5)

• Authentication key
  The key used with the selected Authentication protocol.

Privacy

• Privacy protocol
  Select one of the encryption algorithms:
  • DES (Data Encryption Standard)
  • AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)

• Privacy key
  The key used with the selected Privacy protocol.

Context name

The context name depends on the printer vendor.

See also:

• Printer vendor’s SNMPv3 context names