Dashboard Network Graph Incorrect

[Zdolny]

Why does the latest Proxmox 9 network diagram still not show the correct units for Network Traffic?
Network throughput is measured in bits per second (Gbps/Mbps), not bytes per second.

Displaying this in MiB/s is very misleading because 120 MiB/s = 1 Gbps

Question to the Proxmox Team: Is there any chance that future releases will display the correct traffic throughput units (Mbps/Gbps) on this dashboard?


Using bits per second is the industry standard for network monitoring, and the current byte-based display causes unnecessary confusion when comparing network performance.

 

[Onslow]

+1

And this:

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Thread 'Units of Measure on Network Traffic Graph'

Aug 22, 2025

I was surprised to find that the network traffic graph in the PVE web interface is in bytes rather than bits.

Feature request: Change this to bits, or at least make it configurable / changable in the interface.

It would be easier to have this at the same scale as the line rate of network interfaces rather than do the mental calculations between bytes and bits.

Does anybody out there prefer bytes for network monitoring? I can understand wanting this to be comparable to the disk throughput, but I'm not sure if there are other benefits to this scale.

• ryantw
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• Forum: Proxmox VE: Networking and Firewall

and quoting myself:

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Post in thread 'Units of Measure on Network Traffic Graph'

Sep 22, 2025

No matter whether developers decided on bits or on Bytes, they should place on the graph the unit they chose: "b/s" or "B/s" (or "p"(p like per) for "/" )

Not typing the physical unit on a graph automatically brought down the test grade at my schools

• Onslow

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