5.5 LocalTalk Objects

This section describes the OIDs for LocalTalk objects, both operational and statistical types.

LocalTalk Operational Characteristics

The following chart summarizes the OID used to get operational characteristics for NDIS drivers and their NICs on a LocalTalk network.

Length

Q

S

Name

2

M

OID_LTALK_CURRENT_NODE_ID
Current station address

The following describes the OID_XXX listed in the preceding chart more fully.

OID_LTALK_CURRENT_NODE_ID

The address the NIC is currently using.

The network-management software cannot set the current station address using the NDIS interface library. It must set this address as a configuration parameter.

LocalTalk Statistics

The following chart summarizes the OIDs used to get LocalTalk statistics.

Length

Q

S

Name

4

M

OID_LTALK_IN_BROADCASTS 
Broadcasts received

4

M

OID_LTALK_IN_LENGTH_ERRORS 
Length errors

4

O

OID_LTALK_OUT_NO_HANDLERS 
No handler

4

O

OID_LTALK_COLLISIONS 
Collisions

4

O

OID_LTALK_DEFERS 
Deferrals

4

O

OID_LTALK_NO_DATA_ERRORS 
No data errors

4

O

OID_LTALK_RANDOM_CTS_ERRORS 
Random lapCTS errors

4

O

OID_LTALK_FCS_ERRORS 
FCS errors

The following describes each of the OID_XXX listed in the preceding chart more fully.

OID_LTALK_IN_BROADCASTS

The total number of broadcast packets received on the LocalTalk network.

OID_LTALK_IN_LENGTH_ERRORS

The total number of packets received on the LocalTalk network for which the actual length does not match the length in the header.

OID_LTALK_OUT_NO_HANDLERS

The total number of good packets received on the LocalTalk network that were not accepted by a protocol.

OID_LTALK_COLLISIONS

The total number of collisions assumed on the LocalTalk network due to lack of a lapCTS reply.

OID_LTALK_DEFERS

The total number of times the LocalTalk network has deferred to other packets.

OID_LTALK_NO_DATA_ERRORS

The total number of times the LocalTalk network has received a lapRTS packet when expecting a data packet.

OID_LTALK_RANDOM_CTS_ERRORS

The total number of times the LocalTalk network has received a lapCTS packet that a lapRTS packet has not solicited.

OID_LTALK_FCS_ERRORS

The total number of times the LocalTalk network has received a packet with an FCS error.