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Bits vs Bytes: Mbps, MB/s, GB and GiB

Lesson 1 of 812 minLab

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You convert the link speeds of Pinemoor Architects' offices from megabits per second into megabytes per second, gigabytes per hour and gibibytes per hour, and convert a file size from GiB to GB.

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Lessons in this course

  1. Bits vs Bytes: Mbps, MB/s, GB and GiBLab12 min Locked
  2. Transfer Time for Files & Backups (and When a Courier Wins)Lab15 min Locked
  3. Propagation Delay & RTT from Distance (Speed of Light in Fibre)Lab15 min Locked
  4. Bandwidth-Delay Product & the TCP Window LimitLab15 min Locked
  5. Packet Loss & Throughput: the Mathis Formula (Simplified)Lab15 min Locked
  6. Protocol Overhead & Goodput: Headers, MTU and Jumbo FramesLab15 min Locked
  7. Link Utilisation & Queueing Delay (M/M/1, Simplified)Lab15 min Locked
  8. Sizing a WAN Link: 95th-Percentile Billing (Chart)Lab20 min Locked