The TCP/IP Monitoring MIB



The TCP/IP Monitoring MIB

The TCP-MIB MIB keeps track of data connection information and contains the very useful tcpActiveOpens and tcpCurrEstab objects. Figure details the most important objects in TCP-MIB.

Figure Important Objects in the TCP-MIB MIB

TCP-MIB Object Variable

MIB Type

MRTG Type

Description

tcpActiveOpens

Counter

Counter

Measures the number of completed TCP connections.

tcpCurrEstab

Gauge

Gauge

Measures the number of TCP connections in the established state.

tcpInErrs

Counter

Counter

Total number of TCP segments with bad checksum errors.