ZyXEL Communications GS-1524 / GS-1548 Manual De Usuario

Chapter 18 SNMP

GS-1524/GS-1548 User’s Guide

Click on the Community ID number or select a Community ID from the 
Community ID drop down list box in the SNMP Community screen to modify 
the settings of an existing community.

Figure 69   SNMP Community: Modify 

The following table describes the labels in this screen. 

SNMP supports a notification mechanism to alert SNMP managers when events 
occur. There are two types of notification mechanisms supported by the Switch. 

• SNMP Notification - SNMP traps are sent to external SNMP management 

stations.

Table 49   SNMP Community: Modify

Community 
ID

This field indicates which community you are modifying.

Click on Remove This Community to delete this user configuration from 
the Switch.

Click on Display All Community to view the main SNMP Community 
screen.

Community 
String

An SNMP community string is a text string that acts as a password. It is 
used to authenticate messages that are sent between the management 
station (the SNMP manager) and the device (the SNMP agent). The 
community string is included in every packet that is transmitted between 
the SNMP manager and the SNMP agent.

Type the community string for this community. 

Remote 
Station IP

Specify the IP address of the remote SNMP management station in dotted 
decimal notation.

Group Name

Select the SNMP group you want to belong to this community.

Apply 

Click this to save your settings to the Switch.