WS-SW-DHCP-MIB

Description: Manages Symbol Technologies wireless switch DHCP client configuration, lease state, and address assignment.

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WS-SW-DHCP-MIB is a Symbol Technologies wireless switch module covering the DHCP client function used by the switch (or the wireless APs it controls) to obtain its own IP addressing, rather than DHCP server/relay functionality for end clients. With no sample objects available, its scope is inferred from the short description as configuration and lease-state tracking for the switch's DHCP client behavior. Its monitoring relevance centers on the software/network-configuration status of the device -- specifically whether the wireless switch successfully obtained and is maintaining a valid DHCP-assigned IP address/lease -- which is foundational to the switch being reachable for management at all. It would typically sit alongside Symbol's broader wireless-switch MIB suite covering AP association, RF status, and WLAN configuration. It's deployed in Symbol (later Motorola/Zebra) wireless LAN switch environments where switches or thin APs rely on DHCP for initial and ongoing IP addressing, and administrators can download the WS-SW-DHCP-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

No sample_objects were provided for this module, so a concrete object/table-level example cannot be given without inventing plausible-sounding names; broadly, an administrator would use this MIB to confirm the wireless switch's DHCP client obtained a valid lease and IP address, catching a lease-renewal failure that would otherwise cause the switch to lose its management IP and drop off the network.

DHCP client configuration for Symbol wireless switches and access points.