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by somebozo

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im doing this for a friend.

He want to distribute internet across a building at 14 locations at fixed bandwidth between 64K-512K. But the investment is tight since its all coming out of personal pocket.. and there is no real beed of flashy vlan features. So what are the simplest, cheapest and reliable switches there which can control bandwidth on port basis.

I did my search on google and came up with tons of product...but since i havent used them.. i cant trust manufacturer claims.. therefore i am doomed to rely on experience of TR members.

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by somebozo

first.. the bandwidth is will be different at each node.. between 64K to 512K.. investment limit is around a $1000 for a given device to control bandwidth.

cant use wireless because there is one termiation per floor.. and the building has 14 floors.

by hozcanhan

if the building is large and the 14 stations are far away , one wireless router is not enough . LAN ( network between stations can be wired + wireless ) . Ideal solution is to buy the low end Cisco solution . If not use a PC gateway as sugessted and download a free bandwith manager . Install it and put limits to users . Yes there are free bandwidth limiters out there , especially if you use a Linux gateway .

by djgreene44

You could also look for older cisco equipment. Another thing that would be helpful is if you have some one that is currently enrolled in an online cisco program. They offer great deals on older equipment and I think offer a router + 3 pods for around $600

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