Introduction
This article explain how to configure snmp community strings in cisco router or switch in order to receive data from them.
Enable snmp community strings
The procudure is as follows:After connecting to the network appliance in the exec mode go to into the configuration mode with #configure
terminal command (Picture 1).
Picture 1: Go to into the configuration mode
Use the command "#snmp-server community public RO" in order to enable the Read Only (RO) community string (Picture 2).
Picture 2: Enable RO community string
where "public" is the Read-only community string. In Order to configure read-write community we use "RW" instead of "RO" (Picture 3).
Picture 3: Enable RW community string
In the end exit the configuration mode #exit and save the settings with #write memory command.