AUTH-MIB :: swAuthBackendOtherRequestsToSupplicant

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 14, 2026

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swAuthBackendOtherRequestsToSupplicant

Module: AUTH-MIB

OID (symbolic): AUTH-MIB::swAuthBackendOtherRequestsToSupplicant

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.3.6.3.1.17

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: Counter32

Access: read-only

Description: Counts the number of times that the state machine sends an EAP-Request packet (other than an Identity, Notification, Failure or Success message) to the Supplicant (i.e., executes txReq on entry to the REQUEST state). Indicates that the Authenticator chose an EAP-method.

What is swAuthBackendOtherRequestsToSupplicant?

Counts how many EAP-Request packets (excluding Identity, Notification, Failure, or Success types) were forwarded from the authentication server to the supplicant during the EAP exchange. This reflects the depth of multi-round EAP authentication methods in use.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.3.6.3.1.17
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> AUTH-MIB::swAuthBackendOtherRequestsToSupplicant

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.3.6.3.1.17.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> AUTH-MIB::swAuthBackendOtherRequestsToSupplicant.1

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OID Breakdown

Upper-level ancestors (8 from the standard OID tree / other modules)
Numeric OIDNameModule
1isoLANART-AGENT
1.3orgAirPair-MIB
1.3.6dodAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1internetAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4privateAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1enterprisesAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.171d_linkDE1500-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12dlink_common_mgmtDLINK-ID-REC-MIB
Numeric OIDNameModule
1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.3swAuthCtrlAUTH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.3.6swMacAuthBaseStatsInfoAUTH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.3.6.3swMacAuthDiagTableAUTH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.3.6.3.1swMacAuthDiagEntryAUTH-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.3.6.3.1.17swAuthBackendOtherRequestsToSupplicantAUTH-MIB