Microsoft Sloppiness Again - OID_GEN_LINK_SPEED

[Le Chaud Lapin]

Hi All,

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff569593(VS.85).aspx

First they write:

"As a query, the OID_GEN_LINK_SPEED OID specifies the maximum speed of
the NIC in kbps."

Then they write:

"The unit of measurement is 100 bps, so a value of 100,000 represents
a hardware bit rate of 10 Mbps"

Apparently, Microsoft technical documentation is written by a bunch of
squirrels.

In about 10 minutes, I will find out which of these obviously-
conflicting statements is correct, empircally.

-Le Chaud Lapin-

[jon]

I agree with you that most Microsoft documentation does suck, but in
fact 100 * 100,000 = 10,000,000 which is 10 Mega (million).

[Richard Russell]

On Sep 26, 9:50 pm, jon <jpot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 27, 4:32 am, Le Chaud Lapin <jaibudu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > "As a query, the OID_GEN_LINK_SPEED OID specifies the maximum speed of
> > the NIC in kbps."
>

> > "The unit of measurement is 100 bps
>

> I agree with you that most Microsoft documentation does suck, but in
> fact 100 * 100,000 = 10,000,000 which is 10 Mega (million).

Yes, but "kbps" (first quote) is not the same as "100 bps" (second
quote).

Richard.
http://www.rtrussell.co.uk/