The switching capacity of a switch determines the amount of load it can process. Duplicate the Switch scenario and name the new scenario "Switching_Speed". Edit the switch and expand the Bridge Parameters attribute. Set the "Packet Service Rate (packets/sec)" attribute to 2000. Now the switch can only handle 2000 frames per second. Calculate the number of packets generated (total) using the Packet Generation parameters of the Ethernet stations. You can take help from step 5 or 16. Rerun the simulation and examine the Ethernet delay, Traffic Received and Traffic Sent statistics. Explain your results.
2. Continue with the "Switching_Speed" scenario you created in Question 1. Determine how large the "Packet Service Rate" must be in order for the switch to handle the entire offered load. In other words, how large must the rate be in order for the Traffic Received to equal the Traffic Sent? Explain your answer.