
back to the requester. In the case of the SNMP SetRequest value, the source host sends a
SetRequest value to a remote host.The remote host then accepts and validates the request
and makes the requested configuration change.
The information to be retrieved or changed is specified within the body of the
SNMP GetRequest or in the SetRequest value. Possible information to get or set using
SNMP includes the hostname of the remote host, IP address configuration, and statistics
information.The software that handles SNMP requests is known as an SNMP agent.
SNMP agent software binds to UDP port 161 and listens for incoming GetRequest and
SetRequest values.The SNMP ...