The following code is an example configuration for a cisco device using SNMP v1 or v2 showing how to configure and access list, an SNMP view, SNMP read-only access and read-write access. If you would prefer to use SNMP V3 see our guide here.
If you are looking for a good SNMP management platform to provide fault and performance management you can download NMIS from here. NMIS is an open source network management system, which supports Cisco devices including Nexus, ASR, CRS, Catalyst and good old IOS.
Configuration
The first command in the code below creates an access list that includes any device from 192.168.1.X and names the list 42.
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That should be all that is required to get basic SNMP access to your router configured. If you haven't already, add your cisco device to NMIS, instructions to do that are here. Note: if you have setup your device and everything should be working but it doesn't, try using SNMP v1 (see the previous instructions for how to do that in NMIS)
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