[8221] in North American Network Operators' Group
usable T1 bandwidth
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Shields)
Tue Mar 18 17:41:33 1997
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 17:16:28 -0500
From: shields@crosslink.net (Michael Shields)
To: Steve Crumley <crumley@trinet.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199703181746.MAA12945@blusky.trinet.com>
> How much of the 1.544 Mbits/second of a T1 are available to IP? I know
> some bits are taken for framing and such. I think I remember it is
> around 1.3 something.
It's 1.536 Mbps. This is 64000 x 24. The other 8k goes to framing
overhead. It's full-duplex. Can we stop the flames now?
Daniel Minoli has put out some good books that cover the low-layer
telecom transports, check with your local bookstore.
--
Shields, CrossLink.
