yes it's right, but since the config file uses mbit I don't want to use 
another syntax to avoid a misunderstood.

On 22/03/16 08:23, Simon Hobson wrote:
> Felipe Román <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> ... of 100mbit (I know simon, that's the correct unit, and to be sure I 
>> tested it and works like a charm)
> Just being pedantic, the config file is "wrong" in this. If someone writes 
> mbit without specifying that this is the config file syntax then as an 
> engineer I'll interpret it correctly as milli-bit - ie 1000th of a bit, 10^9 
> smaller than you mean since the SI abbreviation for "mega" is "M".
> It's an important distinction - I have graphs that have values both in mbps 
> and Mbps in the legend. In other fields I have an interest in, the difference 
> between "m" and "M" can be spectacular and/or life threatening.
>
> I usually specify speeds in kbps (where lower case is correct), partly 
> because it avoids the annoyance when using tools that don't recognise M and 
> having to remember which tools accepts what.
>
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