Re: Measuring throughput

You are right on the collection side(1), the number is the same
regardless of base, but it does make a difference when interpreting the
data, does kilo mean 10^3 or 2^10?  Take a look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibi-#IEC_standard_prefixes

(1) Things can get confusing if incrementing the counter by 1 indicates
a 1kb or larger increase 

			Marc

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sean
Whitney
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 2:22 PM
To: Cricket List
Subject: Re: [cricket-users] Measuring throughput

Sometimes I'm a little thick ;-)
I guess I don't understand.

If a SNMP octet counter has incremented from 24 to 48, that says to  
me that 24 octets of data have passed.  If I multiple that by 8 I get  
192 bits.  I don't understand where the difference between base 2 and  
base 10 come into play.  192 decimal or 1100 0000 binary is still the  
same number.

SNMP is returning a base 10 number, so I don't understand the point  
about collection in base 2 or base 10.

Thanks in Advance,



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