[K12OSN] another bandwidth question

[Fernando]

Looking for an AntiVirus; any suggestions?
On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 19:10:53 -0400 , "Santiago, Nicholas"
<nsantiago at caclv.org> said:
> My pipe is actually only a cable modem (800k) and it serves our purposes
> well for about 70 concurrent users across 150 workstations. 
> 
> We use a Squid/DansGuardian setup on a Mitel Networks SME Server and it
> works great. Everyone can access the Internet and e-mail nice and quick. 
> 
> -Nick 
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> From: Jay Pfaffman [mailto:pfaffman at relaxpc.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 6:08 PM 
> To: k12osn at redhat.com 
> Subject: [K12OSN] another bandwidth question 
> 
> 
> I'm setting up some k12ltsp boxes in a school. I'm a university professor
> who's offering free computers and at least some free support. (I still
> feel
> a little like I'm saying "I'm from the Government and I'm here to 
> help.") The tech guy, who has a reputation for not being very helpful,
> has
> been fairly accommodating (I'd be suspicious of someone putting stuff on
> my
> network too). 
> 
> His plan is to light up one network port per classroom. No problem, I 
> say, the server (I'm planning to use the teacher workstations as 
> servers for about 5 thin-clients) will use the only connection & all the 
> other computers will still be able to surf the web even though they're
> not 
> on the school's network. "I'll not have it" is the reply. His concern is 
> that if people are actually using the Internet the T1 will get saturated. 
> 
> I've already considered things like Squid & doing bandwidth limiting and
> such & will propose those "solutions" when the time comes. (I suggested a
> proxy server to which he said he was using NAT, so it's not clear that he
> understands a caching proxy server.) My question is, "how many users will
> a
> T1 typically support?" Do many schools have a fatter pipe than a T1? 
> 
> -- 
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> Asst Professor of Instructional Technology, U. TN, Knoxville
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