RMON-MIB :: hostTopNStartTime

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 14, 2026

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hostTopNStartTime

Module: RMON-MIB

OID (symbolic): RMON-MIB::hostTopNStartTime

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.2.1.16.5.1.1.8

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: TimeTicks

Access: read-only

Description: The value of sysUpTime when this top N report was last started. In other words, this is the time that the associated hostTopNTimeRemaining object was modified to start the requested report.

What is hostTopNStartTime?

This object records the system uptime when a Remote Network Monitoring (RMON) top-N host report was initiated. Network monitoring tools use this to timestamp the beginning of performance reports, allowing administrators to correlate top talkers and bandwidth users with specific time windows.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.2.1.16.5.1.1.8
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> RMON-MIB::hostTopNStartTime

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.2.1.16.5.1.1.8.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> RMON-MIB::hostTopNStartTime.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
1.3.6.1.2.1.16.5hostTopNLBHUB-BOOM-MIB
1.3.6.1.2.1.16.5.1hostTopNControlTableRFC1271-MIB
1.3.6.1.2.1.16.5.1.1hostTopNControlEntryRFC1271-MIB
Numeric OIDNameModule
1.3.6.1.2.1.16.5.1.1.8hostTopNStartTimeRMON-MIB