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

[Cougar]

This is only for bits not for bytes! KByte is 1024 bytes,
64kbps is 64000 bps

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Cougar

On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 sthaug@nethelp.no wrote:

> > 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
>
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Cougar