From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Prfri-0007G4-OB for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:12:30 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E3BC71C0B2 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:12:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A48FBE06AF for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:04:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 324961B40A1 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:04:08 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -3.305 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.305 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.706, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id IAaFMQLTNF1D for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:04:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CD3E1B4120 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:04:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PrfjQ-0006ew-80 for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:03:56 +0100 Received: from c-98-215-183-196.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([98.215.183.196]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:03:56 +0100 Received: from reader by c-98-215-183-196.hsd1.in.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:03:56 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Harry Putnam Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] etho app rating 10/100 etc in megabytes Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:03:45 -0600 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87hbbxq6ji.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87pqqlq9y2.fsf@newsguy.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-215-183-196.hsd1.in.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:VOnUOVmsHzbuWfkoHFtFKCsmsYE= X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 200354650c5f0cb4cee808670ad57b9c Harry Putnam 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