Hi
"L.D. Best" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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LB> That comes to 9K, right?
Usually it's a very bad idea to measure max. performance like this.
Try to find a FTP site very near to you.
You can also try to find another cable user, which has a FTP site, and try
to download something from there.
LB> I didn't write down the math someone used to differentiate between
LB> "bits per sec" and "bytes per sec" because I didn't understand it
LB> quite. Can someone walk me through that one again? I like learning
LB> things that help me understand 'puter stuff better. :>
It's easy.
1 byte (eg a character) consists of 8 bit.
The theoretical maximum performance of a standrad NIC is 10 MBits/s
(newer even 100)
Because these are _BITS_ you have to convert them to BYTES.
so you divide by 8 ;))
so 10 Mbit/s = 10/8 MByte/s = 1.25
LB> l.d.
CU, Ricsi
PS: One question ... why do you append the whole letter you reply to at the
end of your mail ??
IMHO if you don't refer to it in your mail, than you could delete it ...
IMHO ;)
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