# In which situation do we use the following

**URL:** https://forum.networklessons.com/t/in-which-situation-do-we-use-the-following/689
**Category:** CCNP ROUTE
**Created:** [June 18, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.networklessons.com/t/in-which-situation-do-we-use-the-following/689 "2016-06-18T15:51:29Z")
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### Author: ![ahmhajmun](https://cdn-forum.networklessons.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/90db22/32.png) [@ahmhajmun](https://forum.networklessons.com/u/ahmhajmun)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.networklessons.com/t/in-which-situation-do-we-use-the-following/689/1 "2016-06-18T15:51:29Z")

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Hi

When do we use?

`Hub(config-subif)#ip bandwidth-percent eigrp 1 128`

And when do we use?

`Hub(config-if)#bandwidth 256`

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### Author: ![ReneMolenaar](https://cdn-forum.networklessons.com/user_avatar/forum.networklessons.com/renemolenaar/32/488_2.png) [@ReneMolenaar](https://forum.networklessons.com/u/ReneMolenaar)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.networklessons.com/t/in-which-situation-do-we-use-the-following/689/2 "2016-06-20T20:11:03Z")

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Hi Ahmed,

By default, EIGRP can use up to 50% of the bandwidth. You can influence this by changing the bandwidth command. The ip bandwidth-percent command allows you to change how much percent EIGRP can use.

Here’s an example:

[EIGRP Bandwidth Percent](https://networklessons.com/eigrp/eigrp-ip-bandwidth-percent/)

Rene