See command details off:http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios122/122cgcr/ffun_c/fcfprt3/fcf014.htmIt outlines how to change the version for the snmp server and group.
No the admin group is local only to the switch you are configuring etherchannel. They should be the same for the ports that are being grouped together to form a particular etherchannel on the switch.
Where is the DHCP and w/s connected to? Different switches or same switch? Are the ports connected to in the same vlan? If you assign a static ip on the w/s could you ping the dhcp server? Are the two vlans corresponds to different ip subnet, and i...