Re: Octet vs Byte?

Gary N. McKinney (gmckinney@megabits.net)
Wed, 30 Oct 1996 10:22:56 -0500

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> From: Patrick C. Wolf <pwolf@sdc.org>
> To: portmaster-users@livingston.com
> Subject: Octet vs Byte?
> Date: Wednesday, October 30, 1996 10:08 AM
>
> What is the difference between an octet and a byte? An old manual states
> that the i/o stats in pmconsole show the amount of input, output and
> pending bytes. However, radius detail files report the amount of i/o in
> octets.
>
> Thanks.
>

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