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