Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 00:55:02 +0530 From: "Amitabh Kant" <amitabhkant@gmail.com> To: "Bahman M." <b.movaqar@adempiere.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ADSL Bandwidth Monitoring Message-ID: <84b68b3d0709081225x4fb929fck38a3265846f7b8ba@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <46E2BCB2.9010909@adempiere.org> References: <46E2AEA8.4060403@adempiere.org> <70e8236f0709080735p1e60453cp435f58127c7a35fd@mail.gmail.com> <46E2BCB2.9010909@adempiere.org>
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On 9/8/07, Bahman M. <b.movaqar@adempiere.org> wrote: > I tested the connection by downloading 2~3 files simultaneously and used > 'bmon' as Mel suggested in another reply (thanks to him). As I'd > already guessed the RX don't get bigger than 30~40% of the expected > bandwidth. I performed the test with some other files and there was no > difference. > > Thanks, > > Bahman The bandwidth being advertised by your ISP would be the maximum thoughput allowed on your DSL lines with multiple DSL users sharing the same bandwidth, something that is generally known as contention ratio. See this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contention_ratio Amitabh
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