SNMP-REPEATER-MIB

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Organization: IETF HUB MIB Working Group

Last Updated: 1996-09-14

Category: Network Interfaces

Description: Defines managed objects for monitoring and managing IEEE 802.3 repeater (hub) devices, including port statistics and operational status.

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What Is SNMP-REPEATER-MIB?

SNMP-REPEATER-MIB is a vendor-neutral IETF standards MIB (based on IEEE 802.3/802.3u) for managing 802.3 repeaters, i.e. legacy Ethernet hubs, defining objects for repeater groups, ports, and their operational state. It exposes hardware status and fault data directly, including per-group operational status, a human-readable health text field, and port partition counts, making it squarely a hardware-health monitoring MIB rather than a performance-counter one. Notably it supports monitoring overall device health via rptrOperStatus and rptrHealthText, self-test/reset control via rptrNonDisruptTest and rptrReset, and fault indication via rptrTotalPartitionedPorts, which flags ports automatically disabled due to excessive collisions or faults. The SNMP-REPEATER-MIB OID list groups these hardware-status objects under the repeater group and port tables described above. It is explicitly grounded in the IEEE 802.3/802.3u standards referenced in its description, making it a companion to (but distinct from) the IF-MIB and Ethernet-like MIBs used for switches. It was deployed on shared-media Ethernet hub equipment from the 1990s/early 2000s, now largely legacy technology superseded by switching.

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Supported Devices

  • vendor-neutral, standards-based MIB, not tied to a specific manufacturer
  • IEEE 802.3 Ethernet repeater/hub device

Monitoring Examples

An admin would poll rptrGroupTable/rptrGroupEntry rows, keyed by rptrGroupIndex, to check rptrGroupOperStatus for each repeater group and read rptrHealthText for a plain-language fault description when a group reports trouble. A rising rptrTotalPartitionedPorts count signals that ports are being auto-disabled due to excessive collisions or jabber, a classic sign of a bad NIC or cable on a shared hub segment. rptrNonDisruptTest could be invoked to run built-in diagnostics on the repeater without taking the whole group offline.

What Can Be Monitored

  • repeater group operational status
  • repeater health/fault text
  • partitioned port count
  • group capacity
  • reset/self-test control
Imported Objects

From IF-MIB

OwnerString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Counter64
Gauge32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
TimeTicks
mib-2

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
MacAddress
RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TestAndIncr
TimeStamp
OIDs

FAQ

What does SNMP-REPEATER-MIB let you check on a legacy Ethernet hub (802.3 repeater) deployment?
It exposes real hardware-status objects for repeater groups and ports, including rptrOperStatus for overall operational health and a human-readable rptrHealthText field, plus rptrTotalPartitionedPorts, which flags ports the hub has automatically disabled due to excessive collisions or faults. This makes it a hardware-fault monitoring MIB rather than a traffic-counter MIB, useful for spotting a failing hub group before it takes down connected segments.

How would rising values in rptrTotalPartitionedPorts help you catch a failing port on an old shared-media hub?
Ports are partitioned (auto-disabled) by the repeater when they generate excessive collisions or other faults, so a growing partitioned-port count on a group is a direct sign of a cabling or NIC problem on one or more attached devices. Once flagged, an operator can use rptrNonDisruptTest to self-test the unit or rptrReset to attempt recovery without pulling the hub offline entirely.

RFC description

RFC 2108 MIB defining managed objects for IEEE 802.3 10/100 Mb/s baseband repeater devices.

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