SNMP configuration for windows 7

Once you have installed IsItUp, you need to install and configure the Windows SNMP service on the target system. If you have already installed SNMP, please go to step 9 to setup monitoring a service. The steps to install Windows SNMP are similar for all versions of windows however, the following screen shots are for Windows 7.

1. Select “Control Panel” from the start menu.



2. Select “Programs” from the control panel.



3. Select the “Turn Windows features on or off” link from the control panel.






3. Check the “Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)” checkbox on the Windows Features Dialog box.



4. Once Windows completes the installation, you need to configure the service. Select the Start Menu and then enter “services.msc” in the search box and press return.



5. Select the SNMP services from the list and double click.



6. Select the “General” tab and make sure the service is set to “Automatic”.




7. Select the Security Tab and click the “Add” button to set a “READ-ONLY” community string. Record this string as you will need it when configuring IsItUp in Step 9. Then either select the “Accept SNMP packets from any host” or “Accept SNMP packets from these hosts” and specify the computer that IsItUp is running on.











8. Optional: If you need to change the default SNMP port, open the windows “Services” file located at “C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\Services.” with any editor such as Notepad. You can change the port to anything you like but the computer must be restarted for the change to take effect.