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lambo · 18-04-10, 12:10 PM

How much bandwidth would the main dreambox use in a month, say with 6 networked together over the net.

nanochickin · 18-04-10, 03:55 PM

How longs a piece of string?

It all depends on what channels your watching, if its encrypted or not, how long its switched on for, how many cards you have access to.

Theres too many variables to give an answer thats anywhere near acurate

Nano

lambo · 18-04-10, 06:45 PM

say 1 card watching encrypted channel and on all day

G77 · 18-04-10, 06:58 PM

how would you measure the bandwidth?

G77 · 18-04-10, 07:14 PM

the best i can do for you is.....

my router monitors bandwidth in real time, it does not monitor it over a period of time.... combined rx and tx is 3kbps. i would estimate that this is only in use about half the time..... so lets say 1.5kbps.

times it by 60 to get minutes = 90kb
times it by another 60 to get hours = 5400kb
times it by 24 to get in per day = 486000kb
times it by 7 to get per week = 3402000kb
times it by 4.3 to get per month = 14628600kb......

now someone else can check my math here but i think to get it in mb we divide by 1024?....

= 14286mb (rounded up)
and divide by 1024 again to get gig?

= 14gb (rounded up again)

edit: ahh, am i not missing the bits in a byte calc?

lambo · 18-04-10, 08:25 PM

thats a lot for one box and if you had 5-6 thats why too much bandwidth, I wonder how public servers go unnoticed with all that bandwidth.

G77 · 18-04-10, 08:44 PM

well divide it by 8 and you have bytes, so thats 1.75 gigabytes in a month.

G77 · 18-04-10, 08:54 PM

in a colocation centre in manchester, paying the basic package your allowed 50gb a month, so presuming that you have 25 clients continually using hits all day....

i wonder what a site like techwatch uses in a month?

18-04-10, 12:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
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18-04-10, 03:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
nanochickin Retired Mod & Sat Guru Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Posts: 3,825 Thanks: 46 Thanked 338 Times in 270 Posts	Re: Dreambox bandwidth How longs a piece of string? It all depends on what channels your watching, if its encrypted or not, how long its switched on for, how many cards you have access to. Theres too many variables to give an answer thats anywhere near acurate Nano __________________ Sanity is nothing more than an excuse to be boring

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lambo Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Dublin, IRL Posts: 889 Thanks: 176 Thanked 89 Times in 83 Posts	Re: Dreambox bandwidth say 1 card watching encrypted channel and on all day

18-04-10, 06:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
G77 Super Moderator Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6,118 Thanks: 695 Thanked 1,250 Times in 1,044 Posts	Re: Dreambox bandwidth how would you measure the bandwidth? __________________ 1M Motorised Dish, 45W-36E, DM800HD. Quad LNB Mesh Mini Dish, 28.2E, DM500, TM500. Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 XXJVU & CF-Root.

18-04-10, 07:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
G77 Super Moderator Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6,118 Thanks: 695 Thanked 1,250 Times in 1,044 Posts	Re: Dreambox bandwidth the best i can do for you is..... my router monitors bandwidth in real time, it does not monitor it over a period of time.... combined rx and tx is 3kbps. i would estimate that this is only in use about half the time..... so lets say 1.5kbps. times it by 60 to get minutes = 90kb times it by another 60 to get hours = 5400kb times it by 24 to get in per day = 486000kb times it by 7 to get per week = 3402000kb times it by 4.3 to get per month = 14628600kb...... now someone else can check my math here but i think to get it in mb we divide by 1024?.... = 14286mb (rounded up) and divide by 1024 again to get gig? = 14gb (rounded up again) edit: ahh, am i not missing the bits in a byte calc? __________________ 1M Motorised Dish, 45W-36E, DM800HD. Quad LNB Mesh Mini Dish, 28.2E, DM500, TM500. Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 XXJVU & CF-Root. Last edited by G77; 18-04-10 at 07:19 PM. Reason: poor understanding of bytes in a bit or visa versa

18-04-10, 08:25 PM	#6 (permalink)
lambo Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Dublin, IRL Posts: 889 Thanks: 176 Thanked 89 Times in 83 Posts	Re: Dreambox bandwidth thats a lot for one box and if you had 5-6 thats why too much bandwidth, I wonder how public servers go unnoticed with all that bandwidth.

18-04-10, 08:44 PM	#7 (permalink)
G77 Super Moderator Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6,118 Thanks: 695 Thanked 1,250 Times in 1,044 Posts	Re: Dreambox bandwidth well divide it by 8 and you have bytes, so thats 1.75 gigabytes in a month. __________________ 1M Motorised Dish, 45W-36E, DM800HD. Quad LNB Mesh Mini Dish, 28.2E, DM500, TM500. Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 XXJVU & CF-Root.

18-04-10, 08:54 PM	#8 (permalink)
G77 Super Moderator Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6,118 Thanks: 695 Thanked 1,250 Times in 1,044 Posts	Re: Dreambox bandwidth in a colocation centre in manchester, paying the basic package your allowed 50gb a month, so presuming that you have 25 clients continually using hits all day.... i wonder what a site like techwatch uses in a month? __________________ 1M Motorised Dish, 45W-36E, DM800HD. Quad LNB Mesh Mini Dish, 28.2E, DM500, TM500. Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 XXJVU & CF-Root.

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