Relationship between Kb/KB and Kbps/KBps

Relationship between Kb/KB and Kbps/KBps

Recently, a problem occurred in the lab, and the lab was pulled to join us .. Old wet C has re-allocated broadband for the lab and removed a lot of restrictions, so the lab has been able to threaten the whole building's Network (if someone downloading it maliciously ).. In order to avoid making trouble for the old wet guys, we found a unit to be noted during configuration to convert Kb/KB and Kbps/KBps. We did not notice the two areas and made a decisive arrangement.

In electronics, bandwidth is used to describe the frequency band width. In terms of digital transmission, bandwidth is also often used to measure the ability to transmit data. It is used to indicate the size of the data capacity transmitted per unit of time (generally in seconds), indicating the data throughput capability. This also means that the wide bandwidth can transmit more data per second. Therefore, we generally refer to "Bandwidth" as "data transmission rate ".

The bandwidth unit generally has two forms:
Type 1: B/s, KB/s, or MB/s, indicating the amount of data transmitted per unit time (in bytes, kilobytes, or megabytes );
Type 2: bps (or B/s), Kbps (or Kb/s), or Mbps (or Mb/s), indicating the unit time (SEC) the amount of data transmitted within (bits, kibits, and megabits ).

The two bandwidth conversion formulas:
1 Bps (B/s) = 8 bps (B/s)
1 KBps (KB/s) = 8 Kbps (Kb/s)
1 MBps (MB/s) = 8 Mbps (Mb/s)

So how can we test the bandwidth (speed) of our current network?
We can use the download software to test the bandwidth of our current network environment. When downloading the software (the download resources are sufficient and stable ), we can see the words "512 KBps (KB/s) or 1.2 Mb/s" for the download speed, generally, the downloaded software displays bytes (1 byte = 8 bits). Therefore, the actual value can be obtained through conversion. We can convert it according to the conversion formula:
64KB/s = 64 × 8 (Kb/s) = 512Kb/s = 0.5 Mb/s that is 64KB/s = 0.5 Mb/s
128 Kb/s = x 8 (Kb/s) = 1024Kb/s = 1 Mb/s that is, Kb/s = 1 Mb/s
512KB/s = 512*8 (Kb/s) = 4096Kb/s = 4 Mb/s that is 512KB/s = 4 Mb/s
1.2 MB/s = 1.2*8 (Mb/s) = 9.6 Mb/s that is 1.2 MB/s = 9.6 Mb/s
Taking the last one as an example, we can say that our bandwidth is 10 Mbps (the actual transmission speed will not reach the theoretical transmission speed for many reasons)

PS:
Kbps = kilo bits per second
Mbps = mega bits per second
8 bits (BIT) = 1 byte (B) (bytes)