Hello All, we have a gigabit MAN connection to an outside network provided by At&T. I wanted a usage report from them and they said the report servers were down etc., I asked them to open up SNMP so that I can setup MRTG to monitor the usage and they did.
When mrtg created the first mrtg.cfg file, the GigabitEthernet0/0 interface (coming form the outside network to the router) showed a Max Speed of 125.0 kBytes and GigabitEthernet1/0 interface (from router to my LAN) showed a Max Speed of 125.0 MBytes.
I called and asked them about this and the technician said, the bandwidth is showing 1000 kbits for interface GigabitEthernet0/0 and
1000000 kbits for GigabitEthernet1/0. Whereas, both should have been at 1000000 kbits. He said he will change the bandwidth to 1000000 kbits for interface GigabitEthernet0/0 also using the bandwidth command. Does this mean that we were getting only 100Mbps until now as against 1Gbps on that interface?I asked him if I should reboot the router for the changes to be effective and he said no and that the bandwidth now is showing 1000000 kbits. I created a fresh mrtg.cfg and it now shows 125.0 MBytes for both the interfaces.
Again, does this mean that we were not getting gigabit bandwidth until the new configuration on the router?
Please clarify.
Thanks, DK