MCAST-SNOOPING-MIB :: swMLDSnpVlanCounterTotalRxQuery

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated October 06, 2026

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swMLDSnpVlanCounterTotalRxQuery

Module: MCAST-SNOOPING-MIB

OID (symbolic): MCAST-SNOOPING-MIB::swMLDSnpVlanCounterTotalRxQuery

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.73.2.2.3.1.20

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: Counter32

Access: read-only

Description: This indicates the total count of received MLD Query packets in this VLAN.

What is swMLDSnpVlanCounterTotalRxQuery?

This read-only Counter32 tallies the total number of MLD Query packets this VLAN has received; notably it's the only MLD-side statistics counter still active in this MIB file (its many sibling MLD counters for reports, drops, and transmitted queries exist in the source but are commented out and unimplemented). Admins use it as a basic health check that an MLD querier (usually a router) is present and actively polling for listeners on this VLAN. A counter that stays at zero on a VLAN carrying IPv6 multicast traffic suggests no MLD querier is running, which would leave multicast snooping without proper timeout behavior.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.73.2.2.3.1.20
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> MCAST-SNOOPING-MIB::swMLDSnpVlanCounterTotalRxQuery

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.73.2.2.3.1.20.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> MCAST-SNOOPING-MIB::swMLDSnpVlanCounterTotalRxQuery.1

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How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Select a D-Link managed switch (IGMP/MLD snooping) 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 swMLDSnpVlanCounterTotalRxQuery 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 indicates the total count of received MLD Query packets in this VLAN. 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 Counter32-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the counter increases sharply between polls relative to its normal baseline, since an unexpected spike often reflects a real change in traffic or activity. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.

OID Breakdown

Upper-level ancestors (8 from the standard OID tree / other modules)
Numeric OIDNameModule
1isoLANART-AGENT
1.3orgAirPair-MIB
1.3.6dodAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1internetAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4privateAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1enterprisesAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.171d_linkDE1500-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12dlink_common_mgmtDLINK-ID-REC-MIB
Numeric OIDNameModule
1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.73swMcastSnoopingMIBMCAST-SNOOPING-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.73.2swMcastSnoopingInfoMCAST-SNOOPING-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.73.2.2swMLDSnoopingInfoMCAST-SNOOPING-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.73.2.2.3swMLDSnoopingVlanStatisticCounterTableMCAST-SNOOPING-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.73.2.2.3.1swMLDSnoopingVlanStatisticCounterEntryMCAST-SNOOPING-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.171.12.73.2.2.3.1.20swMLDSnpVlanCounterTotalRxQueryMCAST-SNOOPING-MIB