Described herein are processes and devices that automatically determine management information base (MIB) modules for a device. One of the devices described is a MIB detection device. The MIB detection device can automatically filter a first set of MIB modules to isolate all MIB modules (1) that are fully supported by a Simple Network Management Protocol enabled device and (2) that are unique to a manufacturer of the device, resulting in a second set of MIB modules. The MIB detection device can also automatically parse the second set to determine all MIB modules referenced in the second set. The MIB detection device automatically retrieves the referenced MIB modules and automatically parses those retrieved MIB modules to obtain additional referenced MIB modules. The MIB detection device continues automatically parsing and retrieving until reaching a management information base hierarchy root, resulting in a supported set of objects for managing the device.