[K12OSN] networking wisdom needed

[Brandon Kovach]

That's about 100 times more than they will need.  Your bottleneck will be
in the server.  Past that, a 100 mb switch works great.  If you are going
to hook up several switches, I recommend a gig backbone, but ....

IMHO

BK
> Hey Folks,
> I'm looking into an older model Cisco switch for our backbone.  It's
> the Catalyst 2948G-GE-TX.  The specs say, "the 48 10/100/1000BASE-T
> ports [can] share 12Gbps of capacity (or 6Gbps full-duplex) into the
> switching fabric. " How many terminals could that support max?
> Granted I don't think the whole school needs to play Tux Type
> simultaneously.
>
> Thank you,
> Peter
>
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