From: Sasa Milic (smilic@xxxxxxxx)
Date: Sat Jan 05 2002 - 18:51:58 GMT-3
300 kbps is 300 * 1000 bps = 300000 bps.
Just like one ISDN B channel is 64 kbps = 64000 bps, not 65536 bps.
Divide by 8 and you will get bytes per second.
Sasa
"Waters, Kivas (UK72)" wrote:
>
> Can someone advise me when translating kilo-bit values to byte values and
> vica versa.
>
> In some lab scenario model answers there appears to me to be some
> inconsistency when it comes to configuring FR broadcast traffic shaping for
> example. Here's an example :
>
> You are asked to reduce the effect of broadcast traffic flooding a FR serial
> link (S0). You are given the following parameters : Q size of 80 ; 300 kbps
> broadcast data rate ; 200 packets per second.
>
> The solution needs : frame-relay broadcast-queue <Qsize> <bytes/sec>
> <packets/sec>
>
> My question is, how do I interpret the 300 kbps? Is it (300*1024)/8 or
> (300*1000)/8?
>
> This is my guess ...
>
> frame-relay broadcast-queue 80 38400 200
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