Request for Comments: Allow specifying speeds on links #2899
Description
Hi,
It would be nice to add first-class speed support for links. This could be integrated into default config generation to set interface speeds.
While veth interfaces do report a speed (e.g., 10000Mb/s via ethtool), some network OSes like cEOS don't respect this and default to 1G regardless of the actual veth speed.
Would it be acceptable to only use the speed property for config generation, or should we also attempt to set the actual speed on the veth interface itself?
Main use case: Protocols like OSPF use link speed for cost calculations, so having this built-in would make it easier to create realistic lab topologies.
Let me know what you think.