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Organization: Netgear Inc
Last Updated: 2012-12-28
Category: RADIUS/AAA, Security
Description: Manages port authentication manager settings including 802.1X and MAC-based authentication on Netgear switches.
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What Is NETGEAR-AUTHENTICATION-MANAGER-MIB?
NETGEAR-AUTHENTICATION-MANAGER-MIB is a Netgear private MIB, part of the FASTPATH switch software family, that governs the switch's central authentication manager unifying 802.1X and MAC-based port authentication control. It exposes configuration objects controlling which authentication method or combination is active per port, along with related authentication-manager settings. It functions as a software/configuration-status MIB: an administrator can use it to confirm which authentication mode is currently enforced on a given port, effectively reporting the switch's security-posture configuration state rather than any physical hardware condition. It builds on standard IEEE 802.1X port-based network access control concepts layered into Netgear's FASTPATH switch software stack. It is deployed on Netgear FASTPATH-based managed switches in enterprise LANs that require port-based network access control, where NETGEAR-AUTHENTICATION-MANAGER-MIB SNMP monitoring confirms the enforced authentication mode on each port.
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Supported Devices
- Netgear FASTPATH-based managed switch
Monitoring Examples
No sample object names were included in the provided source data for this module, so specific table or scalar names cannot be honestly cited; the module description indicates it manages per-port authentication method configuration. In practice, such a MIB would typically be polled to confirm whether 802.1X, MAC-based authentication, or a fallback mode is active on each switch port, and to detect ports that have drifted from their intended authentication policy.
What Can Be Monitored
- per-port authentication method selection
- 802.1X authentication status
- MAC-based authentication status
- authentication manager global mode
Imported Objects
From IF-MIB
| InterfaceIndex | |
| ifIndex | OBJECT-TYPE |
From QUANTA-LB6M-REF-MIB
| lb6m | OBJECT-IDENTITY |
From RFC1213-MIB
| DisplayString |
From SNMPv2-SMI
| MODULE-IDENTITY | |
| NOTIFICATION-TYPE | |
| OBJECT-TYPE | |
| TimeTicks | |
| Unsigned32 |
From SNMPv2-TC
| DateAndTime | |
| MacAddress | |
| TEXTUAL-CONVENTION |
OIDs
RFC description
Manages authentication features and interface configuration methods on Netgear switches.
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