How to Configure SNMP in a Cisco Router

Used in home networks and for accessing the Internet from computers with wireless adapters, Cisco switches run either on the Cisco Internet working Operating System (IOS) or on the CatOS operating system. Though most installations have SNMP management stations which monitor both networking equipment and computer servers via the SNMP protocol, configuration of SNMP is not only necessary but also important, especially from the user’s perspective. In case, you are unaware of the steps of configuring it, you can either take help from Cisco router support or else just follow the below-mentioned steps.

• At first you need to log into Cisco IOS on the router and then go into Cisco IOS enabled mode with the "enable" command. After you have entered the enable command, make sure that enter the enable password at the password prompt. Later, you are supposed to go into configuration mode by typing "configure terminal".
  
  
• Moving to the next step, you need to ensure that you have enabled SNMP access with the following command: "snmp-server community community_string ro"
  
  
• As you proceed further, users are required to configure the Cisco router with the IP of the management station to send SNMP traps to with the following command: "snmp-server host 10.1.2.3 community_string"
  
  
• While you are approaching your final step, it becomes necessary for the user to enable SNMP traps to be sent from the Cisco router. The command is "snmp-server enable traps."  Just after this command is executed, SNMP traps will be sent automatically to the SNMP management station listed in the previous step. All you are supposed to do now is to exit configuration mode with the command "exit."
  
  
• In the last step, don’t forget to save the new SNMP configuration with the command "write memory." As soon as you click on this command, your process of configuration of configuring SNMP in a Cisco Router automatically gets completed.

Although, the steps mentioned above are quite easy to bring in practice, few users still find a lot of difficulty in implementing them. So if you are one of them, don’t worry, all you are supposed to do now is to give a call to Cisco support number and get easy guidelines for the same.


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