Thanks Kyle, Dmitri, that is correct, I am referring to the tooltip and
the main window not matching. 1.6MB != 4.4MB regardless of whether
using 1024 or 1000 bytes per KB, etc.
Until recently I had only used the tooltip to track my network usage.
When I confirmed it with the transfer window I saw
I think the math is right, furthermore my original comment was about the
roll-over tool tip. When I open the monitor the rate is accurate but it
does not match the tooltip. See attached screenshot for evidence.
** Attachment added: "screenshot showing discrepacny between tooltip and
desktop man
apport information
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** Description changed:
when transfering a file from local to remote host via eth0, rcp shows a
transfer speed of 4MB/s. Checking /proc/net/dev confirms a transfer
speed of about 5MB/s, and calculating the transfer rate from the ETA
Public bug reported:
when transfering a file from local to remote host via eth0, rcp shows a
transfer speed of 4MB/s. Checking /proc/net/dev confirms a transfer
speed of about 5MB/s, and calculating the transfer rate from the ETA and
filesize confirms a transfer rate of about 4 megabytes / second
