>>. Is one Mbps the same as about 125,000 Bytes per second. This is as compared with a 56k modem, at 56000 Bytes per second.
One at a time.
First a megabit is a million bits per second. Dividing by
10 to allow for packet overhead and protocol headers will
give a more useful figure, so 1 megabit is able to transmit
about 100,000 bytes per second, 100 megabits can transfer
about 10 million bytes per second. In practice the actual
transmission maximums are about 60% of this.
Second, a 56k modem is 56,000 bits per second, or about
5,600 bytes per second, give or take a bit. This is
without compression.
1 megabit will handle a 56kb modem all right. However,
I'll make a little bet with you:
You may think now all you want to do is share a modem,
but as soon as you get that working you're going to
want to transmit files as well, and do other things
(share a cable modem, for instance). Sooner or later
you will junk that stuff and run cat 5 cable, mark my
words <g>.
Yeah, a bit too early to blow up the pool, I agree.
I'm getting ready to hoist the center pole on my back
veranda, though <gg>.
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