diff --git a/lib/WeatherMapLink.class.php b/lib/WeatherMapLink.class.php
index 4dcf279..daef31c 100644
--- a/lib/WeatherMapLink.class.php
+++ b/lib/WeatherMapLink.class.php
@@ -239,10 +239,10 @@ function __construct() {
 			// 'outcomment'          => '',
 			'zorder'                => 300,
 			'overlibcaption'        => ['', ''],
-			'max_bandwidth_in'      => 100000000,
-			'max_bandwidth_out'     => 100000000,
-			'max_bandwidth_in_cfg'  => '100M',
-			'max_bandwidth_out_cfg' => '100M'
+			'max_bandwidth_in'      => 1000000000,
+			'max_bandwidth_out'     => 1000000000,
+			'max_bandwidth_in_cfg'  => '1000M',
+			'max_bandwidth_out_cfg' => '1000M'
 		];
 
 		// $this->a_offset = 'C';
diff --git a/tests/Unit/DefaultLinkBandwidthTest.php b/tests/Unit/DefaultLinkBandwidthTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..218ba4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/DefaultLinkBandwidthTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+ | Copyright (C) 2004-2026 The Cacti Group, Howard Jones                   |
+ |                                                                         |
+ | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or           |
+ | modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License             |
+ | as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2          |
+ | of the License, or (at your option) any later version.                  |
+ |                                                                         |
+ | This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,         |
+ | but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of          |
+ | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the           |
+ | GNU General Public License for more details.                            |
+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+ | Cacti: The Complete RRDtool-based Graphing Solution                     |
+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+ | This code is designed, written, and maintained by the Cacti Group. See  |
+ | about.php and/or the AUTHORS file for specific developer information.   |
+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+ | http://www.cacti.net/                                                   |
+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+*/
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+final class DefaultLinkBandwidthTest extends TestCase {
+ #[\PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\RunInSeparateProcess]
+ #[\PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\PreserveGlobalState(false)]
+ public function testNewMapsAndInheritedLinksUseGigabitCapacity(): void {
+  chdir(dirname(__DIR__,2));
+  require_once dirname(__DIR__,2).'/lib/WeatherMap.class.php';
+  $map=new WeatherMap();$link=new WeatherMapLink();$link->Reset($map);
+  foreach([$map->links['DEFAULT'],$link] as $item){
+   self::assertSame(1000000000,$item->max_bandwidth_in);self::assertSame(1000000000,$item->max_bandwidth_out);
+   self::assertSame('1000M',$item->max_bandwidth_in_cfg);self::assertSame('1000M',$item->max_bandwidth_out_cfg);
+  }
+ }
+}