Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 12:52:16 -0500 From: "Damian Hasak" <dhasak@fore.com> To: "Joe Abley" <jabley@patho.gen.nz>, "David Wolfskill" <dhw@whistle.com> Cc: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>, <xiyuan@yahoo.com> Subject: RE: net speed Message-ID: <003c01bf62a5$ec375b80$148190a9@dhasak-pc.fore.com> In-Reply-To: <20000119195314.A4167@patho.gen.nz>
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hmm but i would think jitter is more related to timing on a CBR connection > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Joe Abley > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 1:53 AM > To: David Wolfskill > Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG; xiyuan@yahoo.com > Subject: Re: net speed > > > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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