Accounting and octets - a silly one!
Hi Guys, I just have a quick question, and I think I know the answer to this, but let's make sure. Generally speaking, is acct-input-octets / acct-output-octets referenced in bits, or bytes? Google reveals very conflicting information, whilst I personally would presume it would be NAS dependant (i.e. whether the NAS sends the accounting as bits or bytes)... What is it usually, and what does Cisco NASes generally represent? -- Regards, Chris Knipe
"octets" means "bytes".
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Hi Guys,
I just have a quick question, and I think I know the answer to this, but let's make sure.
Generally speaking, is acct-input-octets / acct-output-octets referenced in bits, or bytes?
Google reveals very conflicting information, whilst I personally would presume it would be NAS dependant (i.e. whether the NAS sends the accounting as bits or bytes)...
What is it usually, and what does Cisco NASes generally represent?
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Am Donnerstag, 3. April 2014, 10:05:19 schrieb Arran Cudbard-Bell:
On 3 Apr 2014, at 09:36, Chaigneau, Nicolas <nicolas.chaigneau@capgemini.com> wrote:
"octets" means "bytes".
Yes, in modern systems they are synonymous.
The term "byte" was patented by IBM. So all RFCs use "octets". Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Michael Schwartzkopff -- [*] sys4 AG http://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64, +49 (162) 165 0044 Franziskanerstraße 15, 81669 München Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein
Thanks all for clearing it up - as I said, really stilly question :-) I must have pulled some old stuff off google then that referenced octets as *possibly* being bits... On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Arran Cudbard-Bell <a.cudbardb@freeradius.org> wrote:
On 3 Apr 2014, at 09:36, Chaigneau, Nicolas <nicolas.chaigneau@capgemini.com> wrote:
"octets" means "bytes".
Yes, in modern systems they are synonymous.
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Chris Knipe wrote:
Generally speaking, is acct-input-octets / acct-output-octets referenced in bits, or bytes?
http://freeradius.org/rfc/attributes.html Click on the name of the attribute to see its' definition. Alan DeKok.
Hi Alan, On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Alan DeKok <aland@deployingradius.com> wrote:
Chris Knipe wrote:
Generally speaking, is acct-input-octets / acct-output-octets referenced in bits, or bytes?
http://freeradius.org/rfc/attributes.html
Click on the name of the attribute to see its' definition.
This is actually why I'm asking. The RFC doesn't say (from what I can see) whether a Octet is bits or bytes :-) <snip> 5.3. Acct-Input-Octets Description This attribute indicates how many octets have been received from the port over the course of this service being provided, and can only be present in Accounting-Request records where the Acct- Status-Type is set to Stop. A summary of the Acct-Input-Octets attribute format is shown below. The fields are transmitted from left to right. </snip> Anyways - thank you all for clearing it up. I never knew about the patent thing, it's very interesting to find that bit out! -- Regards, Chris Knipe
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