CISCO-WIRELESS-IF-MIB

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Organization: Cisco Systems Inc.

Last Updated: 2006-01-04

Category: Vendor: Cisco Devices, Wireless and WLAN

Description: Manages Cisco 802.11 wireless interface parameters including radio configuration and association tables.

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What Is CISCO-WIRELESS-IF-MIB?

This MIB manages Cisco's proprietary 802.11 wireless point-to-point radio interfaces, extending the standard Interfaces MIB (IF-MIB) for the propWirelessP2P(157) interface type used by Cisco wireless bridge/radio hardware. It exposes radio-level configuration and status objects such as acquisition mode, privacy/encryption support, transmit/receive RF port indexing, antenna alignment, and self-test results. It is strongly hardware-status oriented, as administrators use self-test results to check radio diagnostic outcomes and acquisition mode/antenna alignment objects to verify a radio link has properly acquired its peer, which is essential for diagnosing degraded or failed wireless point-to-point links. It explicitly relates to and extends the standard IF-MIB, with each wireless interface represented via ifEntry and appearing in ifStackTable entries. It is deployed on Cisco fixed wireless bridge/radio equipment used for point-to-point wireless links, such as building-to-building connectivity. Engineers can download the CISCO-WIRELESS-IF-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in CISCO-WIRELESS-IF-MIB. Use the built-in SNMP Monitoring Browser to explore available variables, view their current values and descriptions, and select the objects you want to monitor. You can then create SNMP monitors, configure thresholds, and receive alerts when monitored values change.

Supported Devices

  • Cisco wireless point-to-point radio/bridge equipment

Monitoring Examples

An administrator troubleshooting a degraded wireless bridge link would check cwrRadioBaseTable / cwrRadioBaseEntry for cwrSelfTest results and cwrAcquisitionMode to confirm the radio has successfully acquired its remote peer. The cwrAntAlignment object would be checked during installation or after a suspected physical disturbance to verify antenna alignment is still within tolerance. cwrTxRfIndex, cwrRx1RfIndex, and cwrRx2RfIndex identify which RF ports are active for transmit and diversity receive, useful for confirming correct radio port configuration.

What Can Be Monitored

  • radio self-test/diagnostic results
  • acquisition mode / peer link acquisition state
  • antenna alignment status
  • TX/RX RF port configuration
  • privacy/encryption support setting
Imported Objects

From CISCO-SMI

ciscoMgmtOBJECT-IDENTITY

From CISCO-WIRELESS-TC-MIB

CwrCollectionAction
CwrCollectionStatus
CwrCwConsecutiveSevErrSecond
CwrCwDegradedMinute
CwrCwDegradedSecond
CwrCwErrorFreeSecond
CwrCwErroredSecond
CwrCwSeverelyErroredSecond
CwrOscState
CwrRFZeroIndex
CwrRadioSignalAttribute
CwrThreshLimitType
WirelessGauge64

From IF-MIB

ifIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From RMON-MIB

OwnerString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Counter64
Gauge32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
RowStatus
TimeInterval
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using cwrArq1ByteErrs OID:

Select a Cisco wireless point-to-point radio/bridge equipment (legacy) as the target host to create a monitor — the SNMP service should be up and running on it. Click New Monitor, then check SNMP Custom on the Favorites tab, click Next, and confirm the host. On the next page, click Select... to open the built-in SNMP MIB Browser and type cwrArq1ByteErrs into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, selecting the specific row/instance you want to monitor since this is a table column, then select it and click OK. This object identifies the number of 1 byte errors that were corrected since the the radio link reached linkOperational state. On the monitor's Main parameters page you can set the target's SNMP port (default 161), credentials, polling interval, and other settings — see the SNMP Monitor help for details. On the State conditions and Alerting tabs, configure when the monitor should change state and trigger an alert; since this is a Counter64-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the counter increases between polls, since a rising count of errors, failures, or discards often points to a real underlying problem. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.
OIDs

RFC description

Cisco Wireless Radio Point-to-Point MIB for monitoring wireless interfaces, performance metrics, and link characteristics on Cisco wireless networking equipment.

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