diff --git a/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/api/linklayer/mac/PhyType.java b/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/api/linklayer/mac/PhyType.java
index 4200fd950411745e260af3d3c5066470748c4e06..ae03ce93a606da92ba0fa9e7d6f4e661b90a63f3 100644
--- a/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/api/linklayer/mac/PhyType.java
+++ b/src/de/tud/kom/p2psim/api/linklayer/mac/PhyType.java
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ package de.tud.kom.p2psim.api.linklayer.mac;
 
 import de.tud.kom.p2psim.api.linklayer.LinkLayer;
 import de.tud.kom.p2psim.impl.simengine.Simulator;
+import de.tudarmstadt.maki.simonstrator.api.Monitor;
 import de.tudarmstadt.maki.simonstrator.api.Rate;
 import de.tudarmstadt.maki.simonstrator.api.Time;
+import de.tudarmstadt.maki.simonstrator.api.Monitor.Level;
 import de.tudarmstadt.maki.simonstrator.api.component.network.NetworkComponent.NetInterfaceName;
 
 /**
@@ -96,8 +98,7 @@ public enum PhyType {
 	 * Assuming the following defaults: zero link-layer packet loss, 0.3 kbit/s BW,
 	 * 500us latency, 1kByte MTU
 	 */
-	LORA(NetInterfaceName.LORA, 0, 300 * Rate.bit_s,
-			500 * Time.MICROSECOND, 1024, true);
+	LORA(NetInterfaceName.LORA, 0, 300 * Rate.bit_s, 500 * Time.MICROSECOND, 255, true);
 	
 	
 
@@ -193,4 +194,9 @@ public enum PhyType {
 		return out;
 	}
 
+	public void setBandwdith(long bandwidth) {
+		Monitor.log(getClass(), Level.WARN, "Manually changing raw bandwidth of PHY " + this.toString() + 
+				" from " + defaultRawBW + "bit/s  to " + bandwidth + "bit/s" , this);	
+		this.defaultRawBW = bandwidth;
+	}
 }