CTRON-NAT-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated October 05, 2026

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Category: IP and Core Protocols, VPN and Security, Vendor: Cabletron/Enterasys

Description: Manages Cabletron Network Address Translation configuration, NAT table entries, and address pool management.

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What Is CTRON-NAT-MIB?

CTRON-NAT-MIB is a Cabletron (Enterasys) enterprise MIB that manages Network Address Translation (NAT) configuration on Cabletron routing devices, including NAT table entries and address pool management for translating internal private addresses to external public addresses. It exposes configuration objects describing NAT rules/mappings and the pools of addresses available for translation. As a configuration-oriented MIB it is used mainly to verify NAT rules and address pools are provisioned as intended, and secondarily to watch for address-pool exhaustion, which is effectively a service-level fault. It would typically be used alongside IP-MIB and standard routing MIBs since NAT operates on top of a device's IP forwarding path. It is deployed on Cabletron/Enterasys routers or firewalls performing address translation at a network edge. Engineers can download the CTRON-NAT-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in CTRON-NAT-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

  • Cabletron/Enterasys router or firewall

Monitoring Examples

No object or table names beyond the generic ASN.1 IMPORTS clause were included in the source data, so a grounded polling example can't be given with real identifiers. Conceptually, an administrator would poll NAT table entry counts and address-pool utilization objects to check whether a translation pool is nearing exhaustion, which would explain new connections failing to establish. Without confirmed object names, this remains a general description rather than a specific table-level example.

What Can Be Monitored

  • NAT table entry count
  • address pool utilization
  • NAT rule/mapping configuration
Imported Objects

From CTRON-IP-ROUTER-MIB

nwIpClientServicesOBJECT-IDENTITY
nwIpComponentsOBJECT-IDENTITY
nwIpMibsOBJECT-IDENTITY
nwIpRouterOBJECT-IDENTITY

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

Counter
IpAddress

From ROUTER-OIDS

nwRtrProtoSuitesOBJECT-IDENTITY
OIDs

RFC description

Manages IP Network Address Translation configuration, server assignments, and connection statistics per RFC 1631.

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