Throughput and Transfer time of a network

Question

A big file will be sent from A host to B host through 3 links with the speed of 500 Kbps, 2Mbps, and 1Mbps.

a) assume that there is just one user on the system , what is the end-to-end throughput?

b) if file is 4gb , how long the transfer will last?

c) answer the a and b options again thinking there is 100Kbps link instead of 2Mbps link.

a) 2mbps because it is the fastest one. b) i calculated according to the 4gb link. c) a is 1mbps — user1418053, May 25 '12 at 18:41

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 25 '12 at 19:31

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The throughput will be the speed of the slowest link as that forms a bottleneck - you can do the calculation for yourself.

answered May 25 '12 at 19:31

Robert

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