2.4 Determining Bandwidth Needs
2.4.2 Gathering user statistics
The following list outlines the user statistics for this sample network.
  • One thousand users are housed in this building.
  • Each floor houses 100 users.
  • Each floor has one 24-port 10-Mbps switch, allowing four users per port via use of a hub.
  • Shared-media Ethernet can support approximately 4 Mbps of data under load; therefore, in this example each user has 1 Mbps of bandwidth.
  • User standard applications are e-mail and word processing.
  • Each floor is a separate IP subnet.