MP-NETWATCH-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 09, 2026

All MIBsMP-NETWATCH-MIB

Category: Network Management

Description: Monitors network reachability, round-trip times, and path availability status.

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What Is MP-NETWATCH-MIB?

MP-NETWATCH-MIB is a vendor MIB, apparently from a multi-VPN router platform given the presence of a VPN identifier field, for monitoring network reachability by actively watching configured destination networks and reporting path availability and status. It exposes configuration objects defining watched network address/subnet-mask pairs (up to four per entry) alongside status objects such as entry status, timestamp of last status change, and ping status timestamp. It is used to monitor the software-level health of network reachability, letting an admin check the status change timestamp and ping status timestamp to see when a watched destination last changed reachability state, effectively detecting a downed route or unreachable peer network in near real time. It likely depends on the vendor's VPN/routing MIB tree, since entries are scoped per VPN identifier, tying reachability monitoring to a specific VPN instance. It is typically deployed on multi-VPN-capable routers or gateways needing continuous path-availability monitoring across several sites or VPN tunnels, where the MP-NETWATCH-MIB monitor function is central to detecting reachability failures across a multi-site VPN deployment.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in MP-NETWATCH-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

  • multi-VPN routers/gateways with network-watch/reachability monitoring capability

Monitoring Examples

An admin configures an mpNetWatchID entry with mpNetWatchVPNID and up to four destination pairs (mpNetWatchNetworkAddr1/mpNetWatchSubNetMask1 through Addr4/Mask4), then polls mpNetWatchEntryStatus and mpNetWatchStatusTimeStamp to see the current reachability state and when it last changed. If mpNetPingStatusTimeStamp stops updating or mpNetWatchEntryStatus flips to a down/unreachable value, that signals the monitored network path or VPN peer has become unreachable. The mpNetWatchAction object would typically define what remedial action the device takes upon detecting the change.

What Can Be Monitored

  • watched network reachability status
  • path/route availability
  • reachability status change timestamp
  • ping status timestamp
  • per-VPN network watch entries
Imported Objects

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC-1215

TRAP-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

IpAddress
TimeTicks
OIDs

RFC description

MultiMedia Platform network watch private MIB for monitoring network connectivity.

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