EBK COMPUTER NETWORKING
EBK COMPUTER NETWORKING
7th Edition
ISBN: 8220102955479
Author: Ross
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem R23RQ
Program Plan Intro

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used to exchange management information among network devices.

  • Many protocols are available to support network management, but the SNMP is the simplest, easiest, and most widely used; hence the most preferable protocol is SNMP.
    • Also SNMP is having an industry standard, formed by the Internet Engineering Task Force; which is formerly designed to manage Internet components.
    • This SNMP can be used to manage Wide Area Network (WAN) and telecommunication systems.

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