Error Message On Cisco Switch: Unable To Open Socket On Port 161

Here's what worked for me: "Can't open UDP socket" was caused by snmp. Disable snmp server with: no snmp-server I had another alert, "sys-5-config_i: configured from console by console" Disable logging, as you're the only one one the switch: no logging console NOTE both of these commands will need to be run from global config mode: sw>en sw#conf t sw (config)#no snmp-server sw (config)#no logging console

you can find the answer here: q. why am i receiving the '%ip_snmp-3-socket: can't open udp socket' error message? a. this message may appear just after the ubr900 cable modem boots up, or if the cable interface is disconnected. it occurs because the cable modem is trying to set up its ip network management components before it has received an ip address from the cable service provider. once the modem comes online, the error message no longer appears. q. why am i receiving the 'unable to open socket on port 161' error message? a. this error message accompanies %ip_snmp-3-socket: can't open udp socket.

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if you were not able to stop this annoying error: cisco unable to open socket on port 161 let me know i have a script you can run to test your configurations, this is because you have your device misconfigured so thats why you get it alot and it repeats intervals

thank you webune - i apprec your help with this! :). sorry you weren't treated very well, thank you for still helping the rest of us - pure class!

i just bought a cisco 2950 switch from ebay, the switch works, but when i logged into the terminal console, i keep getting this error message that says: 21:14:23: %ip_snmp-3-socket: can't open udp socket 21:14:23: unable to open socket on port 161 what does this mean and how do it fix it? anyone has any ideas on how to resolve this? its making it really hard when i try to configure the switch. it appears like every 15 seconds or so and its driving me crazy because then i can't read while i am going through the configuration setup. can anyone help me?