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samersultan
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Jun 23, 2022
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Netgear GS110TP - Error when trying to enabled SNMP v3 - Error: Failed to set Encryption Protocol

I am trying to configure SNMP v3 for two GS110TP (2nd Generation) switches both running latest firmware (5.4.2.36).   When selecting user configuration I get the following error:   Error: Failed ...
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    samersultan
    Jun 30, 2022

    I figured this out in case some one has same issue.

     

     

    The issue was the default admin account had a password less than 8 characters. The SNMP v3 admin credential  and the switch local admin password have to be greater than 8 characters for this to work.

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samersultan
Tutor
Jun 30, 2022

I figured this out in case some one has same issue.

 

 

The issue was the default admin account had a password less than 8 characters. The SNMP v3 admin credential  and the switch local admin password have to be greater than 8 characters for this to work.

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