On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 12:01:39PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > Just setup net-snmp, and zabbix to monitor it ... what exactly is an > Octet? 1 byte?
An octet is eight bits. A byte is also usually eight bits, but this is not universally true. 'Octet' is used in many standards-documents to have an unambigous term for a collection of eight bits, since 'byte' does not have a well-defined size. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
