ZYXEL-PPPoE-MIB

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Organization: Enterprise Solution ZyXEL

Last Updated: 2012-07-01

Category: ZyXEL Routing and IP Services

Description: Manages ZyXEL PPPoE intermediate agent configuration for subscriber session identification on DSL access.

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What Is ZYXEL-PPPoE-MIB?

ZYXEL-PPPoE-MIB is a ZyXEL enterprise MIB that manages the PPPoE Intermediate Agent (PPPoE-IA) feature on their DSL/broadband access equipment, which inserts subscriber-identifying tags into PPPoE discovery packets. It exposes configuration data controlling PPPoE-IA behavior per interface/VLAN, such as enabling the intermediate agent and defining the circuit/remote-ID tag content used to identify subscriber sessions. Its monitoring relevance is software/configuration-state oriented -- confirming the PPPoE intermediate agent is enabled where expected and that subscriber identification tags are being inserted correctly -- rather than hardware sensors, useful for diagnosing subscriber session identification issues in access networks. It builds on the base PPPoE protocol concepts and complements standard access-node subscriber management practices, though no explicit standard MIB dependency is stated in the source. It is deployed on ZyXEL DSL access multiplexers (DSLAMs) and broadband access switches at the network edge, and engineers typically start with a ZYXEL-PPPoE-MIB download to load the module definitions into their SNMP tooling.

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Supported Devices

  • ZyXEL DSLAM
  • ZyXEL broadband access switch

Monitoring Examples

An operator would check the PPPoE intermediate agent enable state on a given interface/VLAN to confirm subscriber tagging is active, and inspect the configured circuit-ID/remote-ID string format to verify it matches what the upstream BRAS expects for subscriber identification. Because sample_objects were empty in the source, no concrete table names can be cited, but a realistic scenario involves detecting that PPPoE sessions are failing to authenticate because the intermediate agent was left disabled on a subscriber-facing interface. This MIB is inferred to be configuration-oriented based on the general PPPoE-IA feature description.

What Can Be Monitored

  • PPPoE intermediate agent enable state
  • circuit-ID/remote-ID tag configuration
  • per-interface/VLAN PPPoE-IA settings
Imported Objects

From BRIDGE-MIB

dot1dBasePortOBJECT-TYPE

From P-BRIDGE-MIB

EnabledStatus

From SNMPv2-SMI

MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
RowStatus

From ZYXEL-ES-SMI

esMgmtOBJECT-IDENTITY
OIDs

RFC description

Manages Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) intermediate agent configuration on ZyXEL switches for VLAN and access node settings.

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