Yes, I used to spend 50 hours a week writing and configuring SNMP systems. Most 
SNMP systems run SNMPv1 which is considered to be a security hole . Though if 
one runs SNMPv3  it is hard to call it Simple Network Management Protocol 
anymore.


Best wishes,

Jonathan Cohn 



> On 1 Apr 2016, at 15:00, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries 
> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> 
> Interesting, I hadn't heard about this. I just tried it on two different 
> Airports, the older mini-pizza shaped one allowed me to do the SNMP trick but 
> the newer small tower shaped one did not. I wonder why it was taken out? 
> Maybe another attack vector for bad guys?
> 
> CB
> 
> On 3/31/16 3:06 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote:
>> Alas, the newest base stations (AC Extreme, Time Capsule) no longer support 
>> SNMP either, in accordance with the “Leave it to us, and believe” mentality 
>> of the new utility and most of Apple’s line-up.  If you have an older unit 
>> that has SNMP, you’ll have to toggle it back on and configure the community 
>> strings using the older utility.
>> 
>> And yeah, it sucks a pair of fetid dingo’s kidneys. :(
>> 
>> AirPort make great—no, fantastic--base stations, still.  But if your needs 
>> go beyond the basics on a simple IP routed NAT network (even PPPoE is dodgy 
>> nowadays), don’t be afraid to get or build a more advanced router platform 
>> for yourself, that supports the desired comforts for you.  Mine is a Mac 
>> Mini, running Linux.  It has a five-disk enclosure attached to it, and an 
>> external NIC.  It is therefore the gateway and NAS of my dreams (limited, of 
>> course, by Apple’s walled garden; see Jonathan Mosen’s Blog for more on 
>> that).
>> 
> 
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