[mrtg] Re: Bits vs Bytes

[Stieers, Ken]

No to both questions.  The data is always stored in bytes and calculated in
bytes.  Bits just changes the display.  You can switch between bits and
bytes with impunity. 

Ken 


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Ken Stieers
Lan Administrator
Dain Rauscher Information Services
(612)607-8924


> -----Original Message-----
> From: alain.aube at hrdc-drhc.gc.ca [mailto:alain.aube at hrdc-drhc.gc.ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 11:00 AM
> To: mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch
> Subject: [mrtg] Bits vs Bytes
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> 	Sort of a dumb question, but I need to know: if I put 
> in the Options[_]: 
> bits.  Do I have to change all my MAX Speed and MaxBytes[_] 
> to bits? or can I 
> leave the line speeds in bytes?  And, while I'm at it, if I'm already 
> monitoring these interfaces and I have old data from them, 
> will my old data 
> be off because of the change to bits?  I'm running HPUX 10.20 
> with MRTG-2.8.8.
> 
> Thanks in advance,	
> Alain Aubé
> IT COMMUNICATIONS
> Network Planning and Analysis
> Tel: (819) 953-9398
> Fax: (819) 997-0460
> alain.aube at hrdc-drhc.gc.ca
> 
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