Hi, Edison:

I understand what you mean. It will vary from day to day.

What I was wondering though is whether there exists a loosely-constructed formula, such as alloting at least 32Kbps per user in the event that everyone is on the network at once. Or perhaps what Victor states above regarding an oversubscription of 3:1. To narrow it down a bit, lets say that the Applications are basically email, Internet, maybe some Intrannet application stuff, but nothing too "special."

Thanks

Hi Joe,

In today's network, you can't count just on users. There are many 'network ready' devices that consume bandwidth in a network.

If you want to have a guideline as to how much bandwidth each user will consume based on the application they use - most applications will have a bandwidth requirement listed in their reading material. As for internet, is just best effort. If you decide to purchase a 56kbps line, they will browse the internet but they will complain is too slow - IOW, internet won't break but it won't be a pleasant user experience.

If you have outlook at that connection speed, most likely it will time out or the computer will just freeze.

If the location is already opened, you can invest a couple of days with a bandwidth analyzer and profile the traffic flows.

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Edison.

Thanks, Edison.