Network Management

Set interface bandwidth

This article provides steps to set the interface bandwidth.

First published date

10/11/2018 3:49 PM

Last published date

8/31/2022 3:46 PM

Overview

This article provides steps to set the interface bandwidth, which allows the bandwidth to match a link or a Circuit.

Product section

Network Performance Monitor

Cause

This article provides the steps to set the interface bandwidth, which allows the bandwidth to match a link or a Circuit.

Resolution

  1. Log in to the Orion Web Console.
  2. Go to the interface details page.
  3. Click Edit Interface.
  4. Select Custom Bandwidth.
  5. Set the transmit bandwidth and receive bandwidth.
  6. Click Submit.

Another option, especially if you have to set a custom bandwidth on many interfaces, is to do the following:

  1. Log in to the Orion Web Console.
  2. Navigate to Settings -> Manage Nodes.
  3. Select the interfaces you need to modify.
  4. Click on Edit Properties.
  5. Select Custom Bandwidth.
  6. Set the transmit bandwidth and receive bandwidth.
  7. Click Submit.

The following example SQL statement performs a bulk change to all records to set the bandwidth to to 100Mb/s. Note that 'where interfaceid<1' must be changed to your own specs.

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SELECT fullname,custombandwidth, InBandwidth, OutBandwidth, * FROM [dbo].[Interfaces] order by nodeid  where interfaceid<1

update interfaces set custombandwidth = 1, InBandwidth = 100000000, OutBandwidth = 100000000 where interfaceid <1