[c-nsp] Interface bandwidth and Asymetric Links

[Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer)]

Kurt Bales <> wrote on Friday, October 12, 2007 4:44 AM:

> Hello All,
> 
> Im am just working through some QoS setup for a customer who has an
> 5mb/2mb asymetric (wireless) link. That's 5mb down and 2mb up.
> 
> How do I set the bandwidth on the interface correctly? Is it:
>  interface FastEthernet0
>  bandwidth 2048
>  bandwidth receive 5000
> 
> Or do I have these commands around the wrong way? Cisco always has a
> habit of doing my head in when it comes to "In" and "Out".

"bandwidth" is the outgoing BW, so the above statements are correct.
However: What type of QoS are you planning to do on this link? Unless
you're trying to do inbound policing using the "percent" keyword, you
don't need to care about the inbound bandwidth. Outgoing queuing policy
requires that "bandwidth" is set correctly. So you don't need the
"bandwidth receive" command (or feature) to perform proper QoS on this
link.

	oli