Windows NT authentication error: community name incorrect.

Please be sure that the community name in the snmp service is read/write and is also listed on the traps tab of the service.  Then go to IT Assistant and check Options-> Set Discovery Range and be sure that the snmp get and set communities match the string on the remote server.  You will also need to check the strings on the Options-> Discovery Cycle ->Protocol Settings tab to be sure they match.  If all of the strings match, you can disable authentication traps on the remote server's snmp service by unchecking the Send Authentication Trap checkbox at the top of the Security tab window.

Thank you. If I disable authentication, it won't affect any of the alerts or traps, will it?

I had the same issue and I believe that those errors were from an alternate system that was monitoring our system. If you have secured your SNMP community names (something other than the default of public), and another monitoring system is using public (or another name) to monitor the system, you will get these errors.

I did end up shutting the notifications off at the client side, merely because I didn't care who else was trying to monitor my system.  They couldn't - so I didn't really worry.  Perhaps when I have more time, that's something I'll look at for security reasons, but with the limited bandwith I have, this was the easiest solution.

 

Good luck,

 - Jen Meklenburg