dot11DesiredBSSType

IEEE802dot11-MIB · .1.2.840.10036.1.1.1.10
Commands MIB view Table view

Object

column r/w Enumeration 
This attribute shall specify the type of BSS the
station shall use when scanning for a BSS with 
which to synchronize. This value is used to filter 
Probe Response frames and Beacons. When set to 
infrastructure, the station shall only synchronize 
with a BSS whose Capability Information field has 
the ESS subfield set to 1. When set to independent, 
the station shall only synchronize with a BSS whose 
Capability Information field has the IBSS subfield 
set to 1. When set to any, the station may 
synchronize to either type of BSS.

Context

MIB
IEEE802dot11-MIB
OID
.1.2.840.10036.1.1.1.10
Type
column
Access
readwrite
Status
current
Parent
dot11StationConfigEntry
Groups
3

Net-SNMP examples

How SNMP and these commands work

Walk the column to discover its indexed instances, or supply every index to read one instance.

Walk the column
/usr/bin/snmpbulkwalk -v2c -c '<community>' -Pud -Ir -OQUs -m 'IEEE802dot11-MIB' -M '/opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp' 'udp:<hostname>:161' 'IEEE802dot11-MIB::dot11DesiredBSSType'
More examples
Read one indexed instance
/usr/bin/snmpget -v2c -c '<community>' -Pud -Ir -OQUv -m 'IEEE802dot11-MIB' -M '/opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp' 'udp:<hostname>:161' 'IEEE802dot11-MIB::dot11DesiredBSSType.<ifIndex>'
Translate to a numeric OID
/usr/bin/snmptranslate -Pud -Ir -On -m 'IEEE802dot11-MIB' -M '/opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp' 'IEEE802dot11-MIB::dot11DesiredBSSType'

Syntax

Enumeration

Values & Constraints

Enumerated Values
1infrastructure
2independent
3any

Conformance

Member of
dot11SMTbase dot11SMTbase2 dot11SMTbase3