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I just can't seem to figure out why my ASA doesn't seem to want to take a RO|RW parameter. <br />
ASA-5505(config)# snmp-server community myCommunity RW<br />
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And I get an invalid character reference at the &quot;R&quot; in &quot;RW&quot;<br />
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ASA software is 7.2(3) <br />
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Any ideas??? I looked for the above solution in the 7.2 command line reference, and there was no mention of the RO or RW parameter either. I need to make my community string RW, and cannot do it.
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I just can't seem to figure out why my ASA doesn't seem to want to take a RO|RW parameter.
ASA-5505(config)# snmp-server community myCommunity RW
 
And I get an invalid character reference at the "R" in "RW"

ASA software is 7.2(3)

Any ideas??? I looked for the above solution in the 7.2 command line reference, and there was no mention of the RO or RW parameter either. I need to make my community string RW, and cannot do it.

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You cannot RW to a PIX/ASA, only to routers. &nbsp; <a href="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa70/configuration/guide/trouble.html" rel="ugc">http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa70/configuration/guide/trouble.html</a><br />
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They do not &quot;support it.&quot; &nbsp;This is probably for security reasons.<br />

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You cannot RW to a PIX/ASA, only to routers.   http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa70/configuration/guide/trouble.html [http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa70/configuration/guide/trouble.html]

They do not "support it."  This is probably for security reasons.


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Runnign a Cisco ASA 7.0(7) and for management purposes want to proactivly manage the interfaces via SNMP.<br />
Requires settin gup SNMP and PING on the interfaces.<br />
How is this done ?<br />

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Runnign a Cisco ASA 7.0(7) and for management purposes want to proactivly manage the interfaces via SNMP.
Requires settin gup SNMP and PING on the interfaces.
How is this done ?


Allow SNMP/Ping  an interface on a Cisco ASA router running 7.0(7)  for management

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.

Routers

Hardware-based firewalls provide more sophisticated protection for inbound and outbound traffic than the simple Windows software firewall or the basic NAT firewalls found in routers. These devices implement techniques such as stateful packet inspection, deep packet inspection, and content filtering; and may include built-in antivirus and anti-malware protection.

Hardware Firewalls

Cisco PIX is a dedicated hardware firewall appliance; the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) is a firewall and anti-malware security appliance that provides unified threat management and protection the PIX does not. Other Cisco devices and systems include routers, switches, storage networking, wireless and the software and hardware for PIX Firewall Manager (PFM), PIX Device Manager (PDM) and Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM).