NETGEAR-DOT1X-ADVANCED-FEATURES-MIB

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Organization: Netgear Inc

Last Updated: 2011-01-26

Category: Security

Description: Configures advanced IEEE 802.1X features including guest VLAN, unauthenticated VLAN, and fail-open on Netgear switches.

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What Is NETGEAR-DOT1X-ADVANCED-FEATURES-MIB?

This is a Netgear-proprietary MIB (part of the Broadcom FastPath switch software family) that configures advanced IEEE 802.1X port-based network access control features, specifically guest VLAN assignment, unauthenticated VLAN, and fail-open behavior when the RADIUS/authentication server is unreachable. It exposes configuration data rather than runtime traffic counters, controlling how a switch port behaves for clients that fail or skip 802.1X authentication. In monitoring terms, its value is confirming the operational state/enablement of these advanced authentication-fallback features to ensure network-access policy is enforced as intended, such as verifying fail-open is correctly disabled in a secure environment. It builds on the base IEEE8021-PAE-MIB (the standard 802.1X MIB) which defines core supplicant/authenticator state, with this module layering Netgear-specific enhancements on top. Typical deployment context is a Netgear (or Broadcom FastPath-based) managed switch used at the network edge to enforce port-based access control for wired clients. Engineers can download the NETGEAR-DOT1X-ADVANCED-FEATURES-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

  • Netgear managed switches (FastPath-based)

Monitoring Examples

An operator would check agentDot1xEnhancementConfigGroup to confirm whether guest VLAN, unauthenticated VLAN, and fail-open are enabled per port, verifying that a port intended for a guest kiosk correctly falls back to the guest VLAN rather than granting full network access. If fail-open is unexpectedly enabled on a secure port, this configuration group would reveal a policy misconfiguration that could let unauthenticated devices onto the production VLAN when the RADIUS server times out. As a configuration-focused MIB, it complements rather than replaces standard 802.1X state monitoring.

What Can Be Monitored

  • 802.1X guest VLAN configuration
  • unauthenticated VLAN configuration
  • fail-open enable state
  • per-port advanced 802.1X enhancement settings
Imported Objects

From IEEE8021-PAE-MIB

dot1xPaePortNumberOBJECT-TYPE

From QUANTA-LB6M-REF-MIB

lb6mOBJECT-IDENTITY

From RFC1213-MIB

DisplayString

From SNMPv2-SMI

MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
TimeTicks
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DateAndTime
MacAddress
RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
OIDs

RFC description

NETGEAR private MIB defining advanced IEEE 802.1X port-based authentication configuration and monitoring objects for NETGEAR managed switches.

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