Re: Managed/unmanaged Switch

From: Lon Stowell (LonDot.Stowell_at_ComcastPeriod.Net)
Date: 12/10/03 

Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 02:10:07 GMT

Roughly 12/9/03 16:59, JJ's monkeys randomly typed:

> Im new at networks, can someone explain the difference between a managed
> and unmanaged switch. The price delta is a lot but I can't seem to find out
> what the real world difference is to me between them, i,e I am setting us 6
> sparcs and need a switch for them to communicate with each other.
> Thanks in advance.

  A managed switch is one you can log into via telnet or web style
  interface to configure things. An unmanaged switch lacks this.

  The one thing handy about a managed switch is that you can set the
  full duplex mode manually on the switch [and on the computer NIC]
  if normal autonegotiation fails. If you have old SPARC's this
  may be necessary. However, for the price of a cheap 6-8 port
  unmanaged switch, it would seem worth the risk of just trying it.

  If the SPARC's are 250 MHz or faster, they should be able to drive
  a 100 mbit ethernet at 10 Mbytes/second or better, even on a cheap
  Linksys. 

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