Harry Putnam <rea...@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
