SNMP Trap Receiver

You can specify a trap receiver to ensure that all SNMP traps sent by the RUCKUS device go to the same SNMP trap receiver or set of receivers, typically one or more host devices on the network. When you specify the host, you also specify a community string. The RUCKUS device sends all the SNMP traps to the specified hosts and includes the specified community string. Administrators can therefore filter for traps from a RUCKUS device based on IP address or community string.

When you add a trap receiver, the software automatically encrypts the community string you associate with the receiver when the string is displayed by the CLI or Web Management Interface. If you want the software to show the community string in the clear, you must explicitly specify this when you add a trap receiver. In either case, the software does not encrypt the string in the SNMP traps sent to the receiver.