SNMP for Cisco routers??
jad75
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in CCNA & CCENT
I have spent the last week trying to set up MRTG or something similar to monitor the bandwidth on my CCNA lab at home (a 2500, 2600 and 1800 series routers). I am getting NOWHERE!
Google delivers plenty of tutorials on setting up SNMP on Linux boxes and such. Cisco has lots of documentation that really goes into the protocol details, but doesn't give any practical explanation as to how to even begin setting things up. All of my Cisco books are only CCNA study guides that just gloss over SNMP if they even mention it at all.
So, can somebody point me in the right direction or give me a brief explanation on what I need to do?
By the way, this is my first post here! :P
Google delivers plenty of tutorials on setting up SNMP on Linux boxes and such. Cisco has lots of documentation that really goes into the protocol details, but doesn't give any practical explanation as to how to even begin setting things up. All of my Cisco books are only CCNA study guides that just gloss over SNMP if they even mention it at all.
So, can somebody point me in the right direction or give me a brief explanation on what I need to do?
By the way, this is my first post here! :P
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mikej412
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A couple of "starting points"
Any1 know how to setup a SNMP??? thread
Traffic Analysis thread
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jad75
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Awesome, thanks. It is actually incredibly easy. All you have to do is:
Router(config)# snmp-server community public ro
That is it.
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dtlokee
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I would tie an access list to that statement to restrict what devices can poll SNMP.
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Turgon
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And for extra security rename the community. The default name public for snmp communities has been a target for hackers for years.