What's the best way to connect 300+ school computers to the web?

I'm not a techie, but I need to connect about 312 computers to the web and I need to do it as cheaply as possible. (School budget).

The quirks of this job are these: All the computers are in nearby rooms, and we have free, unlimited access to ethernet cable.

Can I just get fourteen 24-port hubs (each of which will connect to 24 computers) and then daisy-chain those 14 hubs to a main hub and then connect that directly to our incoming connection?

I know that's not very elegant, but I suppose my main question is - will it work?

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The last I checked, you could only reliably chain hubs 3 deep. So, as long as you keep it under that you should be OK. Sometimes, just multiplying doesn't suffice because it doesn't work out to be handy for the numbers you need to connect in each room. If each room has 24 or fewer computers, or closer to 48, you're in luck. If each needs 30, the design might need some reworking, because it's trickier to wire it to have a single hub serve 6 from this room and 6 from that, etc.

When you say "ethernet cable" are you using real coax (thick or thin), or Cat-5, or Cat-10? With or without conduit? There are local fire safety regulations you should check that are often more stringent for schools.

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