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45 lines
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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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type="topic" style="task"
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id="net-bits">
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<info>
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<revision version="0.2" pkgversion="3.11" date="2014-01-26" status="review"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="index#net" group="net" />
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<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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<credit type="author copyright">
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<name>Phil Bull</name>
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<email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
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<years>2011</years>
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</credit>
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<credit type="author copyright">
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<name>Michael Hill</name>
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<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
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<years>2011, 2014</years>
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</credit>
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<desc>Choose the units to display your network speed.</desc>
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</info>
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<title>Show the network speed in bits instead of bytes per second</title>
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<comment>
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<cite date="2011-06-18" href="mailto:philbull@gmail.com">Phil Bull</cite>
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<p>Brief topic. Explain how to do this, and why you might want to do it.</p>
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</comment>
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<p>Network speed is often shown in bits per second, rather than bytes per
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second. This is called the <em>bit rate</em>, or <em>data rate</em>.</p>
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<p>To display the network speed in bits:</p>
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<steps>
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<item><p>Click
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<guiseq><gui>System Monitor</gui><gui>Preferences</gui></guiseq>.</p>
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</item>
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<item><p>Click the <gui>Resources</gui> tab.</p></item>
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<item><p>Select <gui>Show network speed in bits</gui>.</p></item>
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</steps>
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</page>
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