[c-nsp] advice for L2 switches

[Mikael Abrahamsson]

On Sat, 23 Jun 2007, Jason LeBlanc wrote:

> This may be a dumb question, but why not wifi?  If its laptops, most 
> will have the adapter built in, and a few usb adapters on the cheap for 
> the rest, and a few ethernet ports for those that really need copper.

At the 5k people lanparties the aggregated bandwidth used is in the 
10-20gigabit/s range. For 500 people I'd make sure I could move at least 
1-2 gigs/s total, which means wireless will not work.

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se