Aiport Extreme 5th Gen + MRTG/SNMP = 10Mbps Max speed / LAN port

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fmpasia Author

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Aiport Extreme 5th Gen + MRTG/SNMP = 10Mbps Max speed / LAN port

Ingredients:

1 x Airport Extreme

1 x Macbook Pro

1 x 4 Ports Gigethernet switch

1 x ubuntu box + snmp + apache2 + mrtg

When probed through snmp using MRTG, the LAN port max speed reported on 10Mbps

As per APE documentation, All LAN ports are gigethernet. So far the traffic has only reache 6.4Mbps/download.

My question is, is there a way to correct the max speed from 10Mbps to 1Gbps? and why was it probed or detected as a 10Mbps port.

Am also, working and finding a way to sort this out. I really don't buy this 10Mbps speed. :-)
Any thoughts are welcome.

See figure below and thanks.

Airport Extreme-OTHER

Posted on Jun 15, 2012 11:02 AM

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Answer 1

HACKINT0SH

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Jun 16, 2012 12:52 AM in response to fmpasia

In airport utility, check the Wan port setting. Is it on automatic? Change it to manual for what you expect and see if that helps.

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Answer 2

fmpasia Author

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Jun 16, 2012 3:49 AM in response to HACKINT0SH

The AirPort Extreme is in Bridge Mode.

No connection in WAN port. Internet/data connection goes through the Ethernet ports (specifically port 1) then Bridge to Wireless.

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Answer 3

HACKINT0SH

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Jun 16, 2012 10:36 PM in response to fmpasia

Mmmmm, this is going to sound like a cop-out now, but I'm going to blame the third-party items like the switch now.

Maybe Bob or Tess can disagree...

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Answer 4

fmpasia Author

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Jun 17, 2012 9:09 AM in response to HACKINT0SH

Nope. we can't blame that 3rd party switch. That switch is a Dell PowerConnect 6248 Layer3 Switch. I've checked the port speed and it is set in auto automode.

While continuing in pursuit to come up with a conclusive explanation, I think I have to be patient to wait for the traffic to reach over 10Mbps.

Why did i say so: After too much thinking, I visited my previous projects and found out that the mrtg automatically adjusts or increases its Max speed. Check the attached image. I took it from a Cisco 2924XL EN 10/100Mbps switch, surprisingly port 22 has a Max speed of 600Mbits/s.

The answer for this would be patience. :-)

Thanks Hakintosh for your inputs and I will provide an update on this discussion, once the traffic has reached over 10Mbps.

-fmp

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