From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] etho app rating 10/100 etc in megabytes
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:03:45 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87hbbxq6ji.fsf@newsguy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87pqqlq9y2.fsf@newsguy.com
Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
> I've gotten confused on this problem way too many times.. I'd like to
> get some definitive starting points.
>
> When you see net adapters online they are always rated like
>
> 10/100 or 10/100/1000. So how does one turn that notation into
> megabytes?
>
> I think those numbers stand for bits, right?
>
> But still, when I'm trying to measure how much data is moving to a
> certain directory, and I want to compare it to what the adapter is
> supposed to do... (in some easy homeboy way).
>
> I vaguely remember something about 8 bits to a byte or maybe its the
> other way round...
OK, I found all that and how to figure it out here:
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-mbps.htm
------- --------- ---=--- --------- --------
But still needing some coaching about the network setup and what to
expect for data transfer in OP
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-02-22 0:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-21 22:50 [gentoo-user] [OT] etho app rating 10/100 etc in megabytes Harry Putnam
2011-02-22 0:03 ` Harry Putnam [this message]
2011-02-22 0:11 ` Adam Carter
2011-02-22 15:17 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2011-02-24 1:16 ` James
2011-02-24 17:09 ` Harry Putnam
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