CTRON-ETHERNET-PARAMETERS-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated October 05, 2026

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Category: Network Interfaces, Vendor: Cabletron/Enterasys

Description: Configures Cabletron Ethernet interface parameters including auto-negotiation, speed, and duplex settings.

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What Is CTRON-ETHERNET-PARAMETERS-MIB?

CTRON-ETHERNET-PARAMETERS-MIB is a Cabletron Systems proprietary module for configuring Ethernet interface parameters on Cabletron networking equipment, covering auto-negotiation settings, speed/duplex mode, and flow control behavior per port. It exposes per-port auto-negotiation administrative status and technology ability advertisements/received values, along with half-duplex flow control settings. Its monitoring value is focused on Ethernet link configuration and negotiation status -- letting an administrator confirm whether auto-negotiation is enabled on a port and compare the locally advertised technology abilities against what was actually received from the link partner to diagnose speed/duplex mismatches. It is a vendor extension that predates and parallels concepts later standardized in IEEE 802.3 auto-negotiation MIBs (e.g., EtherLike-MIB dot3). It is typically deployed on legacy Cabletron Ethernet switches and hubs in enterprise networks, where administrators can find the CTRON-ETHERNET-PARAMETERS-MIB download to load it into their MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

  • Cabletron Systems Ethernet switch/hub

Monitoring Examples

An administrator would check ctAutoNegCtlTable (ctAutoNegCtlEntry) for a port's ctAutoNegAdminStatus and compare ctAutoNegLocalTechnologyAbility against ctAutoNegAdvertisedTechnologyAbility and ctAutoNegReceivedTechnologyAbility to see whether the negotiated capabilities match what the remote link partner reported. Separately, ctFlowCtlTable (ctFlowCtlEntry) with ctFlowCtlHalfDuplexAdminStatus shows whether flow control is enabled on a half-duplex port; a mismatch between advertised and received technology ability values would indicate a duplex or speed mismatch causing link errors.

What Can Be Monitored

  • auto-negotiation admin status per port
  • locally advertised vs. received technology abilities
  • flow control status on half-duplex ports
  • remote signalling detection
Imported Objects

From CTIF-EXT-MIB

ctIfPortIfNumberOBJECT-TYPE
ctIfPortPortNumberOBJECT-TYPE

From CTRON-MIB-NAMES

ctEthernetCtlParametersOBJECT-IDENTITY

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

Counter
OIDs

RFC description

A Cabletron Systems (Enterasys Networks) MIB for Ethernet parameters. Provides SNMP objects for monitoring and configuring Ethernet auto-negotiation and related interface parameters on Cabletron switches.

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