Large files under ubuntu do not appear to work

Christopher Chan christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk
Fri Mar 27 06:09:58 UTC 2009


> I suggest you go do some reading before claiming things...
>
> E.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_over_twisted_pair is a good
> start:
>
>         Ethernet over twisted pair refers to the use of a pair of copper
>         cables, twisted around each other, for the physical layer of an
>         Ethernet network (that is, a network in which the Ethernet
>         protocol is used in the data link layer). There are several
>         different standards for a copper-based physical medium. The most
>         widely used are 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, and 1000BASE-T (Gigabit
>         Ethernet), running at 10 Mbit/s, 100 Mbit/s, and 1000 Mbit/s
>         (1 Gbit/s) respectively.
>
>   

Please do point out where it says megabit = 1000x1000 bits and not 1024 
x 1024 bits.

I guess the only possible point of contention would be what appears to 
be 1000mbits = 1gbit.




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