sky vader wrote:
Hi,
Just curious, since the default bandwidth for tunnel interface is 9k
(cisco platform), does that mean the maximum bandwidth I can have is 9k?
No.
What's the purpose of setting bandwidth statement on a tunnel interface?
Does that mean I get bandwidth that is set or what the router will
report via snmp?
Three things come to mind, there are likely other subtle ones...
1. Dynamic routing protocols use the interface bandwidth for path
selection. Manually specifying the bandwidth to something sane for the
physical path over which the tunnel rides may be needed for proper route
selection.
2. MRTG and similar tools will use the configured bandwidth as the
default maximum for graphing and analysis purposes. Leaving it at 9K is
likely to result in graphs topped at that value. SNMP of the actual
traffic counts will be accurate, but configuration tools of graphing
software will get the configured bandwidth on setup and may behave as if
this is the physical limit.
3. QoS and traffic shaping applied to the interface will use the
configured bandwidth for percentage calculations and the like. This
will almost certainly cause results that aren't what you expect unless
the tunnel is running over a dialup link.
If you are doing none of these, then the configured bandwidth statement
really doesn't affect anything in terms of operation that I've noticed.
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