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pgordon's avatar
pgordon
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3 months ago

Excessive snmp requests with a community string I am not using

I have some switches that are getting hammered by a few of my collectors and I can't figure out why. The logs on them are full of this message: snmp: ST1-CMDR: Security access violation from <Col...
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befuddled
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Prepare for disappointment. LM defaults to "public" if no community is configured and it's not trivial to disable SNMP polling (e.g. there isn't a NoSNMP like there is a NoPING).


https://community.logicmonitor.com/discussions/lm-exchange/custom-property---disable-snmp-polling-/13178


 

pgordon's avatar
pgordon
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3 months ago

I do have a group I set up already for disabling all datasources but ping, thanks for reminding me.

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    befuddled
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    3 months ago

    Sorry, I misread your original request, so what I said might not have been helpful.