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Organization: Symbol Technologies
Last Updated: 2006--0-5-
Category: Symbol Technologies Wireless
Description: Manages Symbol Technologies wireless switch DNS client resolver configuration and domain name lookup settings.
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What Is WS-SW-DNS-MIB?
WS-SW-DNS-MIB is a vendor-specific MIB from Symbol Technologies (later Motorola/Zebra) that manages DNS client/resolver configuration on its wireless switch products. It exposes configuration data such as configured DNS server addresses, default domain name suffixes, and resolver operating parameters used by the switch to perform name lookups. From a monitoring standpoint it is mainly a configuration and software-service module -- an administrator would use it to confirm the switch's DNS resolver settings are correct and that name resolution (used for services like syslog servers, RADIUS, or NTP hostnames) is properly configured, rather than exposing hardware sensors. It is registered under the vendor's WS-SMI enterprise OID tree alongside sibling wireless-switch MIBs. It is typically deployed in enterprise wireless network environments where DNS-dependent services on the wireless switch must be validated, making the WS-SW-DNS-MIB MIB a useful reference for wireless network administrators.
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Supported Devices
- Symbol/Motorola/Zebra wireless switch
Monitoring Examples
No sample objects were provided, so this scenario is inferred: an administrator would check the configured DNS server address and domain suffix objects on the wireless switch to confirm resolver settings are current after a network change. If the switch's configured DNS server address is stale or unreachable, name-dependent operations (such as resolving a RADIUS or logging server hostname) would begin failing even though the underlying network path is healthy.
What Can Be Monitored
- configured DNS server addresses
- default domain name suffix
- resolver configuration state
Imported Objects
From SNMPv2-CONF
| MODULE-COMPLIANCE | |
| OBJECT-GROUP |
From SNMPv2-SMI
| IpAddress | |
| MODULE-IDENTITY | |
| OBJECT-TYPE |
From SNMPv2-TC
| DisplayString | |
| RowStatus | |
| TruthValue |
From WS-SW-SMI
| wsSwDNS | OBJECT-IDENTITY |
OIDs
RFC description
Provides DNS configuration management for Symbol wireless switches including domain name and static DNS settings.
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