Incorrectly uses KiB, etc. for measuring bandwidth
Bug #119998 reported by
Scott James Remnant (Canonical)
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net-tools (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: net-tools
ifconfig reports the number of bytes transmitted and received on an interface, and then for humans rounds them to a larger figure by dividing by powers of 2 and presenting as KiB "kibibytes", MiB "mibibytes", etc.
This is bogus; bandwidth and traffic should be divided by powers of 10 and presented as kB "kilobytes", MB "megabytes", etc.
This allows for easier translation between traffic and bandwidth, into "kB/s" kilobytes-
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net-tools (1.60-17ubuntu2) gutsy; urgency=low
* Change units to be more consistent with other parts of Ubuntu, such
as the desktop. LP: #119998.
-- Scott James Remnant <email address hidden> Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:24:28 +0100