What Wikus is talking about is restricted vs. manager write access. You can check this by logging into the switch in question and typing:
show snmp-server That will output a bunch of stuff. Near the top you will see something like this: SNMP Communities Community Name MIB View Write Access ---------------- -------- ------------ pfUser Manager Unrestricted The important part is that your pf Community has unrestricted write access Hope that helps, _ /-\ ndrew On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Wikus Gouws <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, there is a config for readin snmp and a config for writing snmp. I only > did the config for the reading part. Sorry I’m also new to packetfence and > don’t know how to explain it any better. > > You need to ensure that packetfence knows how to read snmp from your switch > and how to write to your switch. The config for read and write are in > separate sections of the config file. I’ll try and find a sample for you. > I’m still running packetfence in a testbed environment and cannot access die > configs from my main workstation. > > > > Regards, > > > > Wikus > > > > From: John Ertmann [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 1:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Packetfence-users] HP Procurve 2524 setup help > > > > When you say incoming and outgoing, do you mean incoming to the switch, or > incoming to the Packetfence server? > > > > I don't see anything specific to incoming/outgoing in the documentation for > Packetfence or my switch. > > > > Thanks in advance fr any help you can give. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the > demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. > Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn > about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Packetfence-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/packetfence-users > > -- _ /-\ ndrew Niemantsverdriet Academic Computing (406) 238-7360 Rocky Mountain College 1511 Poly Dr. Billings MT, 59102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Packetfence-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/packetfence-users
