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6. Definitions

6. Definitions 

          RFC1213-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN

          IMPORTS
                  mgmt, NetworkAddress, IpAddress, Counter, Gauge,
                          TimeTicks
                      FROM RFC1155-SMI
                  OBJECT-TYPE
                          FROM RFC-1212;

          --  This MIB module uses the extended OBJECT-TYPE macro as
          --  defined in [14];

          --  MIB-II (same prefix as MIB-I)

          mib-2      OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { mgmt 1 }

6.1. Textual Conventions

          -- textual conventions

          DisplayString ::=
              OCTET STRING
          -- This data type is used to model textual information taken
          -- from the NVT ASCII character set.  By convention, objects
          -- with this syntax are declared as having
          --
          --      SIZE (0..255)

          PhysAddress ::=
              OCTET STRING
          -- This data type is used to model media addresses.  For many
          -- types of media, this will be in a binary representation.
          -- For example, an ethernet address would be represented as
          -- a string of 6 octets.

6.2. Groups in MIB-II

          -- groups in MIB-II

          system       OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { mib-2 1 }

          interfaces   OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { mib-2 2 }

          at           OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { mib-2 3 }

          ip           OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { mib-2 4 }

          icmp         OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { mib-2 5 }

          tcp          OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { mib-2 6 }

          udp          OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { mib-2 7 }

          egp          OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { mib-2 8 }

          -- historical (some say hysterical)
          -- cmot      OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { mib-2 9 }

          transmission OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { mib-2 10 }

          snmp         OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { mib-2 11 }

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