UDPLITE-MIB :: udpliteInBadChecksum

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udpliteInBadChecksum

Module: UDPLITE-MIB

OID (symbolic): UDPLITE-MIB::udpliteInBadChecksum

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.2.1.170.1.5

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: Counter32

Access: read-only

Description: The number of received UDP-Lite datagrams whose checksum could not be validated. This includes illegal checksum coverage values, as their use would lead to incorrect checksums. Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur at re-initialisation of the management system, and at other times as indicated by the value of udpliteStatsDiscontinuityTime.

What is udpliteInBadChecksum?

Counts received UDP-Lite datagrams whose checksum could not be validated, including datagrams using illegal checksum coverage values. Admins treat a rising count here as a sign of data corruption or a misbehaving sender that's setting invalid checksum coverage, since such datagrams get dropped rather than delivered. A spike in udpliteInBadChecksum coinciding with a new client software version would prompt an admin to suspect that client is miscalculating its UDP-Lite checksum coverage.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.2.1.170.1.5
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> UDPLITE-MIB::udpliteInBadChecksum

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.2.1.170.1.5.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> UDPLITE-MIB::udpliteInBadChecksum.1

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OID Breakdown

Upper-level ancestors (6 from the standard OID tree / other modules)
Numeric OIDNameModule
1isoLANART-AGENT
1.3orgAirPair-MIB
1.3.6dodAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1internetAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.2mgmtAPERTUS-NPG-MIB
1.3.6.1.2.1mib_2AXON-MIB
Numeric OIDNameModule
1.3.6.1.2.1.170udpliteMIBUDPLITE-MIB
1.3.6.1.2.1.170.1udpliteUDPLITE-MIB
1.3.6.1.2.1.170.1.5udpliteInBadChecksumUDPLITE-MIB