[c-nsp] 2960-24TT-L or larger?

[Adam Greene]

Hi,

I'm planning to deploy a wireless repeater with (4) 90° sectors which will 
backhaul over a 100Mbps full duplex link to my head end, where I have 
100Mbps to the Internet.

I think realistically, I can expect the repeater to generate about 45-60Mbps 
traffic over the backhaul.

I only need L2 functionality at this repeater, as customers connecting to 
each sector will be split into unique 802.1q VLANs which will tie back to 
the head end L3 device.

I think a WS-C2960-24TT-L will be an adequate switch to tie the sectors and 
the backhaul together at the repeater, but I'd be interested in real-world 
experience as to whether this switch will start to melt at those bandwidth 
levels. Customers will be businesses mainly engaging in typical Internet 
traffic (HTTP / FTP / SMTP / POP3 / VoIP). There may need to be some QoS 
marking / queuing going on at the switch as well.

I guess the next step up would be the WS-C3560-24TS-S. Like the 
WS-C2960-24TT-L it's rated at 6.5 Mpps but unlike the 2960 it has twice the 
switching fabric (32 Gbps vs 16 Gbps). Not sure if this really makes any 
difference in this application.

Thanks,
Adam