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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>
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