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Agent Settings
When you first start MIB Views, or when you open a new window,
you'll be presented with the Agent Settings dialog. The defaults
at launch are as shown below (for example, default IP address of
127.0.0.1 for the local host). When you open new windows, the
defaults are initialized to the settings of the window you opened
from, making it easy to have multiple windows with only slightly
different settings, if desired. You can change settings for the
window later by selecting the File|Agent Settings menu item, or by
clicking on the Agent Settings button 
.
Figure - Agent Settings Dialog
MIB Views supports community-based SNMPv1 and SNMPv2, as well as the current and more secure standard, SNMPv3, with authentication and privacy (encryption). The following settings are available:
| Address | The IP address or hostname of the agent to manage. |
|---|---|
| Port | The UDP port the agent listens to for requests (normally 161). |
| Version | The SNMP version (SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, or SNMPv3) |
| Read Community | The community string to use for SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c read operations (get, get-next, and get-bulk). |
| Write Community | The community string to use for SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c write (set) operations. |
| User Name | The user name to use for all SNMPv3 operations. |
| Auth Pass/Proto | The password or passphrase and protocol (HMAC-MD5-96 or HMAC-SHA-96) to use for SNMPv3 authentication. |
| Priv Pass/Proto | The password or passphrase and protocol to use for SNMPv3 privacy (encryption). Currently CBC-DES is supported. Both auth and priv passwords can be plain ASCII text or hex values (e.g. "0xaa:bb:cc"). |
| Timeout | The number of milliseconds to wait after a request is sent and no response is received before retrying (resending) the request or timing out. |
| Retries | The number of times that MIB Views should retransmit the request if no response is received. Does not include the initial request, so a Retries value of 0 means to send the request once and never retry. |
| Total Time | The total time (in milliseconds) that a request may take before timing out if no response is ever received. This is derived from the Timeout and Retries settings. |
Once you've specified agent settings, click the "Ok" button to try contacting the agent. If a response is received, the settings will be committed and you'll be able to interact with the agent using the main MIB Views window. You can reset any changes you've made to prior committed settings by pressing the "Revert" button. The "Cancel" button is the same, but also closes the Agent Settings dialog.
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