On Jun 13, 6:45*pm, grocery_stocker wrote:
> This is quoted from an old Stanford CS PhD document that I have
>
> "The key issue is being able to detect old delayed segments showing
> up. The 32 bits allow 4 gigabytes to be transmitted before wrap,
> which is 8 * 4G/10M = 3200 seconds or almost one hour at 10 Mbps. And
> a
> TCP segment is not expected to live in the net more than a few
> seconds so this should catch old delyated segment even just using
> half the range"
>
> What does the 8 represent in the 8 * 4G/10M equation?

er delayed, not delyated. I typed the passage because there is no way
for me to copy and section question.

On Jun 13, 8:45*pm, grocery_stocker wrote:
> This is quoted from an old Stanford CS PhD document that I have
>
> "The key issue is being able to detect old delayed segments showing
> up. The 32 bits allow 4 gigabytes to be transmitted before wrap,
> which is 8 * 4G/10M = 3200 seconds or almost one hour at 10 Mbps. And
> a
> TCP segment is not expected to live in the net more than a few
> seconds so this should catch old delyated segment even just using
> half the range"
>
> What does the 8 represent in the 8 * 4G/10M equation?


Sounds like homework.

Think about it. What does the 10M represent, and what does the 4G
represent?

On Jun 13, 7:16*pm, "robertwess...@yahoo.com"
wrote:
> On Jun 13, 8:45*pm, grocery_stocker wrote:
>
> > This is quoted from an old Stanford CS PhD document that I have
>
> > "The key issue is being able to detect old delayed segments showing
> > up. The 32 bits allow 4 gigabytes to be transmitted before wrap,
> > which is 8 * 4G/10M = 3200 seconds or almost one hour at 10 Mbps. And
> > a
> > TCP segment is not expected to live in the net more than a few
> > seconds so this should catch old delyated segment even just using
> > half the range"
>
> > What does the 8 represent in the 8 * 4G/10M equation?
>
> Sounds like homework.
>
> Think about it. *What does the 10M represent, and what does the 4G
> represent?

This isn't homework. But, 4G comes from 2^32 possible bits. I assume
that 10Mbps is just the maximum speed of the medium that the data
travels over.

On Jun 13, 11:14*pm, grocery_stocker wrote:
> On Jun 13, 7:16*pm, "robertwess...@yahoo.com"
>
>
>
>
>
> wrote:
> > On Jun 13, 8:45*pm, grocery_stocker wrote:
>
> > > This is quoted from an old Stanford CS PhD document that I have
>
> > > "The key issue is being able to detect old delayed segments showing
> > > up. The 32 bits allow 4 gigabytes to be transmitted before wrap,
> > > which is 8 * 4G/10M = 3200 seconds or almost one hour at 10 Mbps. And
> > > a
> > > TCP segment is not expected to live in the net more than a few
> > > seconds so this should catch old delyated segment even just using
> > > half the range"
>
> > > What does the 8 represent in the 8 * 4G/10M equation?
>
> > Sounds like homework.
>
> > Think about it. *What does the 10M represent, and what does the 4G
> > represent?
>
> This isn't homework. But, 4G comes from 2^32 possible bits. I assume
> that 10Mbps is just the maximum speed of the medium that the data
> travels over.- [Yes]

2^32 possible bytes, you mean.

So have to multiply by 8 for bits.

-Le Chaud Lapin-

On Jun 13, 11:14*pm, grocery_stocker wrote:
> On Jun 13, 7:16*pm, "robertwess...@yahoo.com"
>
>
>
>
>
> wrote:
> > On Jun 13, 8:45*pm, grocery_stocker wrote:
>
> > > This is quoted from an old Stanford CS PhD document that I have
>
> > > "The key issue is being able to detect old delayed segments showing
> > > up. The 32 bits allow 4 gigabytes to be transmitted before wrap,
> > > which is 8 * 4G/10M = 3200 seconds or almost one hour at 10 Mbps. And
> > > a
> > > TCP segment is not expected to live in the net more than a few
> > > seconds so this should catch old delyated segment even just using
> > > half the range"
>
> > > What does the 8 represent in the 8 * 4G/10M equation?
>
> > Sounds like homework.
>
> > Think about it. *What does the 10M represent, and what does the 4G
> > represent?
>
> This isn't homework. But, 4G comes from 2^32 possible bits. I assume
> that 10Mbps is just the maximum speed of the medium that the data
> travels over.


You're close - it's 4G *bytes*. Times eight to make it bits and
divide it by a bit rate (10Mbps).

On Jun 13, 9:56*pm, "robertwess...@yahoo.com"
wrote:
> On Jun 13, 11:14*pm, grocery_stocker wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jun 13, 7:16*pm, "robertwess...@yahoo.com"
>
> > wrote:
> > > On Jun 13, 8:45*pm, grocery_stocker wrote:
>
> > > > This is quoted from an old Stanford CS PhD document that I have
>
> > > > "The key issue is being able to detect old delayed segments showing
> > > > up. The 32 bits allow 4 gigabytes to be transmitted before wrap,
> > > > which is 8 * 4G/10M = 3200 seconds or almost one hour at 10 Mbps. And
> > > > a
> > > > TCP segment is not expected to live in the net more than a few
> > > > seconds so this should catch old delyated segment even just using
> > > > half the range"
>
> > > > What does the 8 represent in the 8 * 4G/10M equation?
>
> > > Sounds like homework.
>
> > > Think about it. *What does the 10M represent, and what does the 4G
> > > represent?
>
> > This isn't homework. But, 4G comes from 2^32 possible bits. I assume
> > that 10Mbps is just the maximum speed of the medium that the data
> > travels over.
>
> You're close - it's 4G *bytes*. *Times eight to make it bits and
> divide it by a bit rate (10Mbps).- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Gosh I feel dense. I should have read the problem a bit closer. Thanks.

grocery_stocker wrote:
> This is quoted from an old Stanford CS PhD document that I have
>
> "The key issue is being able to detect old delayed segments showing
> up. The 32 bits allow 4 gigabytes to be transmitted before wrap,
> which is 8 * 4G/10M = 3200 seconds or almost one hour at 10 Mbps. And
> a
> TCP segment is not expected to live in the net more than a few
> seconds so this should catch old delyated segment even just using
> half the range"
>
> What does the 8 represent in the 8 * 4G/10M equation?
>
>
>

The following is NOT intended to be an offensive remark, please don't
take it as such:

This reminds me of high school, when students used to try to remember
formulas without paying attention to units of measure.

If "8 * 4G/10M = 3200 seconds", was written as it should be: "8 *
4GB/10Mb/sec. = 3200 sec.", the answer might be more apparent.

If "K" is your constant (8), consider the following:

K * (Bytes/bits/sec) = sec

K * Bytes = sec * bits/sec

K * Bytes = bits

8 * Bytes = bits

Bytes = bits/8

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