Hi Kevin I think you have mixed bits and bytes here. The ISDN channel is 64 Kbit which is 8 Kbyte per sec
Hope this helps Oh and Happy new yesr to one and all rgds John Taylor Network Manager Synstar International -----Original Message----- From: Kevin White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 3:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [scottish] Web Server on ISDN Comrades, Continuing my quest for ISDN. One of the many things i had planned was to host a small webserver over the ISDN line for the use of a limited number ( 10 ) of people. My ( maybe flawed ) logic being that at an average of 5kb per second transfer , my ISDN line ( being 64kb ) could cater for 10 people accessing the site at any one time ( 5kb * 10 = 50kb , leaving me 14kb for running my terminal emulator ). However , reading this months Linux Format article on co-location , i came across the following snippet... "its no good trying to use a 64k leased line for a company web server, because it maxes out at roughly 5.5kb per second. That means that a user who hits on your website can only pull in that much data per unit time - and if two or more users go to your site simultaneously it will slow to a crawl" This appears to put a dampner on my webserver hopes. However i can't make the maths add up , if you've got a 64k ( which i'm taking is 64kb per second ) line and your only using 5.5kb per second , why does it max out? I make it that the above scenario would leave 59.5kb per second of unused bandwidth. Can someone set me straight on where i'm going wrong ( as i'm the first to admit that Linux Format know a damn site more than i do about these things ). KW -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
