COLUBRIS-802DOT1X-ACCESS-MIB

Description: Manages IEEE 802.1X port-based access control authentication on Colubris/HP wireless devices.

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COLUBRIS-802DOT1X-ACCESS-MIB is a Colubris Networks (later acquired by HP) MIB implementing IEEE 802.1X port-based network access control on Colubris wireless access points/controllers. It exposes configuration for both the 802.1X PAE (Port Access Entity) system-wide behavior and the authenticator function, including timers governing the authentication exchange. Its monitoring value is chiefly software/protocol status: tracking whether re-authentication is enabled (coDot1xAuthReAuthEnabled) and its period, along with timeout/retry parameters like coDot1xAuthQuietPeriod, coDot1xAuthTxPeriod, and coDot1xAuthSuppTimeout, helps diagnose why client devices are failing or delaying 802.1X authentication onto the wireless network. It is a vendor implementation of the standard IEEE 802.1X protocol and conceptually depends on that standard's state machine model (and typically coexists with a RADIUS server referenced via coDot1xAuthServerTimeout). It is typically deployed on Colubris/HP wireless access points and controllers enforcing port-based authentication for WLAN clients. Engineers can download the COLUBRIS-802DOT1X-ACCESS-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

An administrator would check coDot1xAuthMaxReq together with coDot1xAuthServerTimeout and coDot1xAuthSuppTimeout to see how long a client authentication attempt is allowed before it's declared failed. If coDot1xAuthReAuthEnabled is true but clients are getting disconnected periodically, checking coDot1xAuthReAuthPeriod and coDot1xAuthReAuthMax would reveal whether re-authentication is being triggered too aggressively or failing repeatedly. coDot1xPaeSystemModifyKeyInterval and coDot1xPaeSystemModifyKey would be inspected to confirm the PAE system's group key rotation schedule.

Colubris vendor-private MIB for IEEE 802.1X port-based network access control; manages authentication and authorization on Colubris wireless/wired equipment.