How to Enable SNMP on Windows 10

Enabling the SNMP service in Windows operating systems consists of several steps. Activating this service in Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and 10 operating systems involves the same steps.

How to Install SNMP Service on Windows 10 Operating System

SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) provides management of network devices. You can control and manage all network devices that have a network card. A network device can be on a computer. We can monitor a computer’s information, such as processor usage, with this protocol.

After installing this service, we will configure the security settings and Trap configuration by checking whether it is working from the Services window.

How to Activate SNMP

To set it up, follow the steps below. After enabling this service, if you want to turn it off, follow the same process in reverse.

Step 1

On the Win 10 Start menu, click the Right Button / Programs and Features.

Step 2

In the Programs and Properties window, click Turn on or off Windows properties, as shown below.

Step 3

Windows properties window opened. Then, scroll down to list the following options.

Step 4

Check the Simple Network Management Protocol.

Step 5

Once you have selected this protocol, click OK to continue with the installation.

Step 6

Searching for files needed for it.

Step 7

Applying changes.

Step 8

After you have completed the SNMP setup on Windows 10, please proceed to the next step to check it.

Step 9

Press Windows + R to open the Run window, type services.msc, and click OK.

Step 10

In the Services window, you can check that this service is running smoothly.

How to Configure SNMP Security

After installing it, we will configure its security settings so that only devices with the specified Community information will be able to communicate with this service to provide network security.

Step 1

Likewise, in the Services window, click the right button / Properties on the related option.

Step 2

The Service Properties window will open as follows. From this window, click the Security tab.

Step 3

As you can see in the image below, there are Community settings for this protocol. Click the Add button to add Community.

Step 4

In the Community rights option, type READ ONLY and SNMP into the Community Name option and click the Add button to complete the operation.

Step 5

A second way to configure Traps is in the security settings. In the properties window, click the Traps tab.

Step 6

In the Traps settings, type SNMP in the Community Name section and click the Add to List button.

Step 7

Check the drop-down list where the name is added to the list in trap settings.

Step 8

After configuring the security settings for this service installed on this PC, you can now remotely control and review the resources of your computer.

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Conclusion

In this article, we discuss how to enable and configure SNMP in the Windows 10 system. Thanks for following us!