RMON-MIB :: etherHistoryDropEvents

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 14, 2026

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etherHistoryDropEvents

Module: RMON-MIB

OID (symbolic): RMON-MIB::etherHistoryDropEvents

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.2.1.16.2.2.1.4

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: Counter32

Access: read-only

Description: The total number of events in which packets were dropped by the probe due to lack of resources during this sampling interval. Note that this number is not necessarily the number of packets dropped, it is just the number of times this condition has been

detected.

What is etherHistoryDropEvents?

The number of times the probe detected it had to drop packets due to a lack of resources during this specific sampling interval, the historical (per-bucket) counterpart to etherStatsDropEvents.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.2.1.16.2.2.1.4
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> RMON-MIB::etherHistoryDropEvents

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.2.1.16.2.2.1.4.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> RMON-MIB::etherHistoryDropEvents.1

SNMPv3 example:

snmpget -v3 -l authPriv -u snmpv3-user -a SHA -A "AuthPassword1" -x AES -X "PrivPassword1" <target> etherHistoryDropEvents.1

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OID Breakdown

Upper-level ancestors (10 from the standard OID tree / other modules)
Numeric OIDNameModule
1isoLANART-AGENT
1.3orgAirPair-MIB
1.3.6dodAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1internetAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.2mgmtAXON-MIB
1.3.6.1.2.1mib_2AXON-MIB
1.3.6.1.2.1.16rmonLBHUB-BOOM-MIB
1.3.6.1.2.1.16.2historyLBHUB-BOOM-MIB
1.3.6.1.2.1.16.2.2etherHistoryTableRFC1271-MIB
1.3.6.1.2.1.16.2.2.1etherHistoryEntryRFC1271-MIB
Numeric OIDNameModule
1.3.6.1.2.1.16.2.2.1.4etherHistoryDropEventsRMON-MIB