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Interfaces Table The interfaces table contains information on the entity's interfaces.

Each interface is thought of as being attached to a “subnetwork”.

Note that this term should not be confused with “subnet” which

refers to an addressing partitioning scheme used in the Internet suite

of protocols.

ifIndex

Type INTEGER

Access R

Description A unique value for each interface. Its value ranges between 1 and the

value of ifNumber. The value for each interface must remain constant

at least from one re-initialization of the entity's network management

system to the next re-initialization.

ifDescr

Type DisplayString(0..255)

Access R

Description A textual string containing information about the interface. This

string should include the name of the manufacturer, the product

name and the version of the hardware interface.

ifType

Type INTEGER

Access R

Description The type of interface, distinguished according to the physical/link

protocol(s) immediately below the network layer in the protocol

stack.

Values:

other(1), none of the following

regular1822(2),

hdh1822(3),

ddn-x25(4),

rfc877-x25(5),