topic Re: Meraki ISP/Gateway bandwidth in Network Platform API

Meraki ISP/Gateway bandwidth

eugene_dev — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 13:05:29 GMT

Hello community,

Previously i have set up the monitoring of upstream/downstream/total bandwidth monitoring per network in zabbix just using Meraki API endpoint: http://api.meraki.com/api/v1/networks/{$NETWORKID}/appliance/uplinks/usageHistory?resolution=60&timespan=300 .

Recently i've got the task to monitor ISP speed / Gateway bandwidth. Since MX appliance is actually functionates as gateway as well am i right that retrieving bandwidth value on MX appliance via requesting following endpoint:

/devices/{serial}/liveTools/speedTest/{id} i can get the bandwidth of an entire network? Or am i wrong?

Thanks in advance for your help

Re: Meraki ISP/Gateway bandwidth

ww^ — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 13:19:07 GMT

https://documentation.meraki.com/General_Administration/Tools_and_Troubleshooting/Throughput_test_to_the_Cisco_Meraki_Dashboard

" It is not meant to accurately test the speed an Internet/WAN link is capable of. "

"In order to leverage the full performance of a device, multiple sessions must be leveraged. This is best done by an endpoint or client, as the dashboard throughput tool creates a single session."

Re: Meraki ISP/Gateway bandwidth

Philip D'Ath — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 18:02:25 GMT

That is an active test. It will use as much of your bandwidth as it can (meaning there is less available for you to use).

This is something you would want to run infrequently, rather than regularly.