Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 19:53:16 +1300 From: Joe Abley <jabley@patho.gen.nz> To: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, xiyuan@yahoo.com Subject: Re: net speed Message-ID: <20000119195314.A4167@patho.gen.nz> In-Reply-To: <200001180417.UAA73885@pau-amma.whistle.com>; from dhw@whistle.com on Mon, Jan 17, 2000 at 08:17:24PM -0800 References: <20000118033637.5783.qmail@web2106.mail.yahoo.com> <200001180417.UAA73885@pau-amma.whistle.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Mon, Jan 17, 2000 at 08:17:24PM -0800, David Wolfskill wrote: > First, I would contend that "speed" (as such) is not a very meaningful > term with respect to networks. Indeed, your query relates to that lack > of meaningfulness, as the text below should show. > > There are a couple of different (but related) ways to refer to how fast > data gets from its source to its destination. The relevant terms are > "latency" and "bandwidth". Absent a fair amount of context, determining > which is meant can be challenging. And "jitter" and "loss". To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20000119195314.A4167>