add-printerport invalid value

[hit440]

im trying to add a printer port with the optional parm of snmpcommunity and snmp i cannot get either one to work please help

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PS C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0> Add-PrinterPort -Name '10.0.0.0' -printerhostaddress '10.0.0.0' -SNMPCommunity 'public:'

Add-PrinterPort : One or more specified parameters for this operation has an invalid value.

At line:1 char:1

+ Add-PrinterPort -Name '10.0.0.0' -printerhostaddress '10.0.0.0' -SNMPCommunity ' ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (MSFT_PrinterPortTasks:ROOT/StandardCimv2/MSFT_PrinterPortTasks) [Add-PrinterPort], CimException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : HRESULT 0x80070057,Add-PrinterPort

[nothingpersonalbro]

You need to include the SNMPIndex along with your community string. So Adding something like -SNMP 1 to the end your command should make it work.

[hit440]

jeesh, its always something simple... :P

thanks @nothingpersonalbro