RFC1232-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated October 06, 2026

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Category: IETF Standards

Description: Defines DS1/T1 physical layer management objects for line status and performance per RFC 1232.

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What Is RFC1232-MIB?

RFC1232-MIB, commonly known as the DS1 MIB, is a vendor-neutral, IETF standards-based module for managing DS1/T1 digital transmission physical-layer interfaces. It covers per-interface configuration such as line type and line coding, along with interval-based performance statistics like errored seconds and severely errored seconds. For hardware status monitoring it is used to detect a degrading T1 circuit — rising error-second counts or an active loss-of-signal/loss-of-frame alarm typically point to a failing line card, cable, or carrier-side circuit problem. It works alongside the standard IF-MIB, since each DS1 interface is also represented as a regular ifEntry with these objects providing physical-layer detail. It's typically deployed on WAN routers, channel banks, and CSU/DSU equipment terminating T1/E1 leased lines. Engineers can download the RFC1232-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

  • vendor-neutral, standards-based MIB, not tied to a specific manufacturer — applies to WAN routers and CSU/DSU equipment with T1/E1 interfaces

Monitoring Examples

No sample objects were provided for this MIB, so specific object/table names cannot be grounded here; in practice an administrator would poll the DS1 interval performance data and line-alarm state for each T1 port to catch a degrading leased line before it causes a WAN outage.

Imported Objects

From RFC-1212

OBJECT-TYPE

From RFC1155-SMI

Counter

From RFC1213-MIB

DisplayString
transmission
OIDs

RFC description

DS1 interface MIB as defined in RFC 1232 with OID re-assignments from RFC 1239; manages T1/E1 line configuration and statistics.

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