Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 13 May 1996 07:07:34 -0400 | From | Pat Crean <> | Subject | Re: Question Re: PPP speed |
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At 06:28 PM 5/12/96 -0400, you wrote: >On Sun, 12 May 1996, Gary Abrahams wrote: > >> When under linux and I ftp somthing from one of our ftp sites >> ftp says that the max speed I get is about 2.4 k / sec but under Windoze >> 95 I get 25K sec? - This is to the same site under the same >> internet provider at approx. same time. > >I think Linux FTP is giving you speed in KByte/sec (IE about >2.4KBytes/sec is average for a 24,000 connection), where as Windows 95 (I >know WS_FTP32 does this) reports speed in KBits/sec. Remember - 8 bits = >1 Byte, so if the speed was about 8x in Windows 95, then it would be >accurate. I'm not quite sure why it would be 10x faster, except that >maybe you connected at 24,000 under Linux and maybe 26,400 (or 28.800) >under Windows 95.
Don't forget, you're running ppp over an async link -- add a start and stop bit to the 8 bits/byte and you're up to 10 bits per byte, hence the 10x difference.
Pat
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