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Switches... Managed... Unmanaged
- Thread starter cranebill
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A managed switch has the ability for you to assign an IP address to the device and configure/monitor it by a built in web interface or SNMP or both.
A good "manageable" switch is abled to be polled and monitored by a remote SNMP management station. They also will give detailed statistics on each port.
i.e. packets in
packets out
errors in
errors out
I'm not aware of any "low cost/ home switches/routers" that have that ability at this time. They pretty much all web/telnet enabled.
A good "manageable" switch is abled to be polled and monitored by a remote SNMP management station. They also will give detailed statistics on each port.
i.e. packets in
packets out
errors in
errors out
I'm not aware of any "low cost/ home switches/routers" that have that ability at this time. They pretty much all web/telnet enabled.
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