Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 22 Dec 2001 08:52:42 +0100 (CET) | From | Mikael Abrahamsson <> | Subject | Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.hel p. |
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On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 ncw@axis.demon.co.uk wrote:
> Actually a 1 Mb/s connection is 1024000 bits/second (ie not 1000000 or > 1048576 bits/second).
But gigabit ethernet is clocked at 1.25GHz with 8b10-encoding, meaning you'll get literally 1.000.000.000 bits/second over that line. As far as I know this is true for all kinds of ethernet.
Basically, it's only when it comes to memory terms that we use 1024 as a base.
-- Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@swm.pp.se
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