A network administrator has installed a 24 port switch and connected 10 comuters with 10/100 NICs. How much ba
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Assuming this is a 100 megabit switch, each port can talk to each other port independently at rates totaling up to 100 megabits/sec. The real world rate for computer-to-computer is usually notably less, typically up to 80 megabits/sec (or 10 megabytes/sec). All in all, a theoretically perfect switch will have a total bandwidth of all ports sending and receiving 100 megabits/sec simultaneously (adding up to 4.8 gigabits/sec). Real world rates are usually less, depending on the model, and are a design constraint to keep costs down.
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Each port should get 100 MPBS. Most of the time both ends of the connection can't feed each other fast enough to saturate the connection. Especially if that switch gives you Internet access, your connection out will be limit by your ISP connection.