Manage Your Network Machine Securely Using SNMPv3

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The Simple Network Management Protocol version 3 (SNMPv3) provides user authentication and data encryption to manage network devices securely.

Start your web browser.
Type "https://Common Name" in your browser's address bar (where "Common Name" is the Common Name that you assigned to the certificate; this could be your IP address, node name, or domain name).
If required, type the password in the Login field, and then click Login.

The default password to manage this machine’s settings is located on the back of the machine and marked "Pwd".
Go to the navigation menu, and then click Network>Network>Protocol.

Start from , if the navigation menu is not shown on the left side of the screen.
Make sure the SNMP setting is enabled, and then click Advanced Settings.

Configure the SNMP settings.

Option	Description
SNMP v1/v2c read-write access	The print server uses version 1 and version 2c of the SNMP protocol. You can use all of your machine's applications in this mode. However, it is not secure since it will not authenticate the user and data will not be encrypted.
SNMPv3 read-write access and v1/v2c read-only access	The print server uses the read-write access of version 3 and the read-only access of version 1 and version 2c of the SNMP protocol. When you use the SNMPv3 read-write access and v1/v2c read-only access mode, some of your machine's applications that access the print server do not work correctly since they authorise the read-only access of version 1 and version 2c. If you want to use all applications, we recommend using the SNMP v1/v2c read-write access mode.
SNMPv3 read-write access	The print server uses version 3 of the SNMP protocol. If you want to manage the print server securely, use this mode. When you use the SNMPv3 read-write access mode, note the following: Except for BRAdmin Professional, all applications that use SNMPv1/v2c will be restricted. To allow the use of SNMPv1/v2c applications, use the SNMPv3 read-write access and v1/v2c read-only access or SNMP v1/v2c read-write access mode.

Click Submit.

If your machine displays the protocol setting options, select the options you want.
Restart your machine to activate the configuration.

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