IEEE8021-PAE-MIB :: dot1xAuthSessionTime

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dot1xAuthSessionTime

Module: IEEE8021-PAE-MIB

OID (symbolic): IEEE8021-PAE-MIB::dot1xAuthSessionTime

OID (numeric): 1.0.8802.1.1.1.1.2.4.1.7

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: TimeTicks

Access: read-only

Description:

The duration of the session in seconds.

What is dot1xAuthSessionTime?

This object reports the duration in seconds of an 802.1X authentication session for a specific port or user session. It measures how long the current authenticated session has been active since the user logged in. Network administrators use this to monitor session longevity and identify long-running sessions that may need renewal or re-authentication.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.0.8802.1.1.1.1.2.4.1.7
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> IEEE8021-PAE-MIB::dot1xAuthSessionTime

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.0.8802.1.1.1.1.2.4.1.7.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> IEEE8021-PAE-MIB::dot1xAuthSessionTime.1

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Select a device implementing IEEE8021-PAE-MIB 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 locate dot1xAuthSessionTime under the dot1xAuthSessionStatsEntry branch of IEEE8021-PAE-MIB, selecting the specific row/instance you want to monitor since this is a table column, then select it and click OK. It reports the duration, in seconds, of this 802.1X-authenticated session. 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 TimeTicks-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if a specific session's duration exceeds an unexpectedly long value for your environment (e.g. many hours), which can indicate a session that failed to re-authenticate or time out as expected. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.

OID Breakdown

Numeric OIDNameModule
1isoLANART-AGENT
1.0stdSTART-MIB
1.0.8802iso8802START-MIB
1.0.8802.1ieee802dot1START-MIB
1.0.8802.1.1ieee802dot1mibsSTART-MIB
1.0.8802.1.1.1ieee8021paeMIBIEEE8021-PAE-MIB
1.0.8802.1.1.1.1paeMIBObjectsIEEE8021-PAE-MIB
1.0.8802.1.1.1.1.2dot1xPaeAuthenticatorIEEE8021-PAE-MIB
1.0.8802.1.1.1.1.2.4dot1xAuthSessionStatsTableIEEE8021-PAE-MIB
1.0.8802.1.1.1.1.2.4.1dot1xAuthSessionStatsEntryIEEE8021-PAE-MIB
1.0.8802.1.1.1.1.2.4.1.7dot1xAuthSessionTimeIEEE8021-PAE-MIB