Time Until Byte Counters Wrap Speeds

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Time Until Byte Counter Wrap, In Seconds

		counter size
interface	approximate BPS	2^31	2^32	2^64
DS0	56 000	306 783	613 567	2 635 249 153 387 080
DS1/T1	1 544 000	11 127	22 254	95 578 984 837 873
Token Ring 4	4 000 000	4 295	8 590	36 893 488 147 419
Ethernet	10 000 000	1 718	3 436	14 757 395 258 968
Token Ring 16	16 000 000	1 074	2 147	9 223 372 036 855
DS3	43 232 000	397	795	3 413 535 172 781
FastEthernet	100 000 000	172	344	1 475 739 525 897
OC3	155 000 000	111	222	952 090 016 708
OC12	620 000 000	28	55	238 022 504 177
OC48	2 480 000 000	7	14	59 505 626 044

Time Until Byte Counter Wrap In Days

		counter size
interface	approximate BPS	2^31	2^23	2^64
DS0	56 000	3.5507	7.1015	30 500 568 905
DS1/T1	1 544 000	0.1288	0.2576	1 106 238 250
Token Ring 4	4 000 000	0.0497	0.0994	427 007 965
Ethernet	10 000 000	0.0199	0.0398	170 803 186
Token Ring 16	16 000 000	0.0124	0.0249	106 751 991
DS3	43 232 000	0.0046	0.0092	39 508 509
FastEthernet	100 000 000	0.0020	0.0040	17 080 319
OC3	155 000 000	0.0013	0.0026	11 019 560
OC12	620 000 000	0.0003	0.0006	2 754 890
OC48	2 480 000 000	0.0001	0.0002	688 723

I am Craig A. Finseth.

Last modified Tuesday, 2010-03-02T20:27:09-06:00.