[flow-tools] 1 Mb = 1000000 bytes?! ;-)

sthaug@nethelp.no sthaug@nethelp.no
Tue, 18 Jun 2002 17:36:41 +0200


> flow-stat -f15 :
> # Octets            Packets             MBytes
> #
> 500980079           2109432             500.980
> 
> I suppose it isn't correct, is it? ;-)
> I think 1Mb = 1048576 bytes....

Traditionally in the networking world, k = 1000 and M = 1000000. Eg.
100 Mbps Ethernet, 64 kbps ISDN. I would much prefer to have bits and
bytes be consistent, using powers of 10 all the time.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no