I guess Multiplying by 8 is to calculate the result in bits (1 octet=8bits). Dividing by 10000000 - as it's calculated for 10mb Ethernet. Could some one explain with more details?
Thanks Ganesh -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 12:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Equation to calculate the Bandwidth [7:72888] Greeting, in one of groups.google threads I noticed this equation Util 10 MB Ethernet = ((InOctets/sec + OutOctets/sec)*8)/10000000 I am wondering where can I find a document which can explain how to calculate the utilized bandwidth. still I do not know why he is multiplying by 8 and then dividing by 10,000,000 ! advise please. to refer to the original thread you can go to http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en &lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=339089D4.570EBB5C%40aranea.nl&rnum=8&prev=/groups% 3Fhl %3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DISO-8859-1%26q%3Dcalculate%2Bbandwidth%2B10%2Bmbps% 2B Ismail Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=72900&t=72888 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

