SNMP Community Name

[Daryon]

Hello Everyone.
This is my first message here , i work with HP printers all the time and there's something i've never heard before, the SNMP community settings.

When you go to Network Settings in the embedded web server of the printer, there's a tab for SNMP with the following information:

SNMPv1/v2
Enable SNMPv1/v2 read-write access
Set Community Name:
Confirm Set Community Name:
Get Community Name:
Confirm Get Community Name:
Disable SNMPv1/v2 default Get Community Name of "public"
Enable SNMPv1/v2 read-only access (uses "public" for the Get Community Name)
Disable SNMPv1/v2
SNMPv3
Enable SNMPv3
User Name:
Authentication Key: (Algorithm: MD5)
Privacy Key: (Algorithm: DES)
Context Name: Jetdirect

I really don't know what this means, do you know any manual or web page where i can read about this fields and their use?

Thank you very much.

Best regards.

[MichaelTech]

Get HP's WebJet Admin. It has tutorials and is used for exactly this.
Knowledge is Power.