Chapter 6. Router Management, Firewall Filters, and Accounting

This chapter deals with issues surrounding SNMP management and securing access to Juniper Networks routers using JUNOS. It describes SNMP within the context of how it operates within JUNOS.

SNMP is the most commonly used protocol and methodology for performing router management. This chapter will provide an overview of the protocol itself and how the data is stored and retrieved from a Juniper Networks router. The important aspects of how Juniper Networks has implemented SNMP will also be discussed—this is important because there are some unique points to be aware of.

Accounting on a Juniper Networks router is an essential part of making a network profitable. Thus, this chapter will ...

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