On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 11:36 PM, James Grabham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> It's not simply eight bits per byte for ethernet packets, it's more >> complicated than that and you're not taking into account collisions. > > Im a bit confused now... > > so how... > > I mean > > a Byte is 8 bits, a bit being either 1 or 0... I thought that was a > fundemental of computer science. > > Am I wrong? > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > >
There's bits and bytes... Megabits.. megabytes.. -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Company No. 6135915 Registered in England -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/