To install the Microsoft Windows SNMP agent on a Windows 2000 or XP you should open the control Panel and start Add or Remove Programs

Then select

In the Components list, check the box Management and Monitoring Tools

Click the details button

Check the Simple Network Management Protocol. This is required to install the Windows SNMP agent and other SNMP services.

You normally don't need the WMI SNMP Provider. The WMI SNMP Provider component allows client applications to access static and dynamic Simple Network Management (SNMP) information through Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).

Agent configuration

The configuration of the SNMP service is performed through the Service properties option. To access it, open the Control Panel and select Administrative Tool

then select

then search the Service List for the SNMP Service and double click on it.

Warning The SNMP Trap Service is not used to send trap but only to receive trap. If there is no
trap receiver application on this system don’t start it. If LoriotPro is installed on a Windows XP this service should not be started. LoriotPro uses its own Trap server to handle trap messages.

The SNMP Service Properties windows is displayed

You can change the Startup type here.

The SNMP process (snmp.exe) will run under the Local System account or an account could be specified

Specification of agent's properties in computer. You could set here the standard mib2 value syscontact and syslocation. The sysname is the name of the host and could not be modified here.

Contact -Name and contact information of the administrator

Location - Location of the device. Here you can enter address, number of building, floor, room, rack number.

Services - advanced agent's properties:

Physical - computer manages physical devices, hard disk partition.
Applications - computer uses applications which send data by help of TCP/IP protocols. This service should always be enabled.
Datalink and subnetwork - computer manages bridges.
Internet - computer works as an IP router.
End-to-end - computer works as an IP host. This service should always be enabled.

The following options can be configured to enable SNMP security:

Accepted Community Names. The SNMP service requires the configuration of at least one default community name. The name Public is generally used as the community name because it is the common name that is universally accepted in all SNMP implementations. You can delete or change the default community name or add multiple community names. If the SNMP agent receives a request from a community that is not on this list, it generates an authentication trap. If no community names are defined, the SNMP agent will deny all incoming SNMP requests.

Permissions. You can select permission levels that determine how an agent processes SNMP requests from the various communities. For example, you can configure the permission level to block the SNMP agent from processing any request from a specific community.

Accept SNMP Packets from Any Host. In this context, the source host and list of acceptable hosts refer to the source SNMP management system and the list of other acceptable management systems. When this option is enabled, no SNMP packets are rejected on the basis of the name or address of the source host or on the basis of the list of acceptable hosts. This option is enabled by default.