RMON2-MIB :: nlHostOutMacNonUnicastPkts

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 14, 2026

All MIBsRMON2-MIBnlHostOutMacNonUnicastPkts

nlHostOutMacNonUnicastPkts

Module: RMON2-MIB

OID (symbolic): RMON2-MIB::nlHostOutMacNonUnicastPkts

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.2.1.16.14.2.1.7

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: ZeroBasedCounter32

Access: read-only

Description: The number of packets without errors transmitted by this address that were directed to any MAC broadcast addresses or to any MAC multicast addresses since this host was added to the nlHostTable. Note that this is the number of link-layer packets, so if a single network-layer packet is fragmented into several link-layer frames, this counter is incremented several times.

What is nlHostOutMacNonUnicastPkts?

This object holds a running count of broadcast and multicast packets sent by a host address. Engineers use this to detect hosts sending excessive broadcast traffic, which can waste bandwidth and impact network performance. High values here might indicate misconfigured applications flooding the network with broadcasts.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.2.1.16.14.2.1.7
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> RMON2-MIB::nlHostOutMacNonUnicastPkts

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.2.1.16.14.2.1.7.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> RMON2-MIB::nlHostOutMacNonUnicastPkts.1

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OID Breakdown

Upper-level ancestors (7 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
Numeric OIDNameModule
1.3.6.1.2.1.16.14nlHostRMON2-MIB
1.3.6.1.2.1.16.14.2nlHostTableRMON2-MIB
1.3.6.1.2.1.16.14.2.1nlHostEntryRMON2-MIB
1.3.6.1.2.1.16.14.2.1.7nlHostOutMacNonUnicastPktsRMON2-MIB