1. Click the Button
2. Select "Control Panel"
3. Select "Add/Remove Programs"
4. Click on Add/Remove Windows Components:
   
5. Once the "Windows Components Wizard" window opens, scroll the list and highlight "Management and Monitoring Tools" and click the "Details" button:
   
6. The "Management and Monitoring Tools" window will open. Check the box for "Simple Network Management Protocol".
7. Click OK.
8. On the "Windows Components Wizard" window, click "Next" and SNMP will be installed.
9. Upon successful completion, two SNMP services will start automatically:
   1. SNMP Service - Includes agents that monitor the activity in network devices and report to the network console workstation.
   2. SNMP Trap Service - Receives trap messages generated by local or remote SNMP agents and forwards the messages to SNMP management programs running on this computer.

Add the "Public" Community

1. Click the Button
2. Select "Control Panel"
3. Double-click "Adminstrative Tools"
4. Double-click "Services"
5. Find and Right-Click "SNMP Service"
6. Click "Properties" and the SNMP Service properties window will open
   
7. Select the "Traps" tab.
8. Enter "public" in the "Community Name" field, and click on the "Add to List" button
   

Configure Security

1. Select the "Security" tab.
   
2. Click the "Add" button, in the section "Accepted Community Names"
3. Select "READ ONLY" from the rights drop-down
4. Enter "public" in the "Community Name" field,
5. click on the "Add" button
   

NOTE: You may need to reboot for the settings to take effect.

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