diff. between managed and unmanaged?

BudBud Chesterfield, Va
edited February 2004 in Science & Tech
was looking @ switches and whats the difference between an unmanaged switch and a managed switch?

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  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    Managed switches have operating systems and user interfaces. They are basically computers. You can program them, you can set them up for trunking or link aggregation, you can do vLANs, you can configure spanning tree, set up switch matrices, check port status, send manual WOL commands, etc.

    Unmanaged, you can plug stuff in and have them see each other. That's about it :D
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited February 2004
    You can limit the bandwidth to certain ports or make packets become 'lost.' Good pranks.;):D
  • JudgeNikJudgeNik
    edited February 2004
    Why then do managed switches cost about half the amount unmanaged ones do?

    e.g. http://www.newegg.com
    D-Link 8-Port Gigabit Switch, Model DGS-1008D - Retail $138
    D-Link 8-Port 10/100/1000Mbps Unmanaged Gigabit Switch, Model DGS-1008TL - Retail $310
  • kanezfankanezfan sunny south florida Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    i'm guessing cause in that case it can do 1000Mbps
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    Yeah... Ummm. gigabit vs 100mbit .... gigabit == cost more ... :rolleyes:
  • Al_CapownAl_Capown Indiana
    edited February 2004
    JudgeNik wrote:
    Why then do managed switches cost about half the amount unmanaged ones do?

    e.g. http://www.newegg.com
    D-Link 8-Port Gigabit Switch, Model DGS-1008D - Retail $138
    D-Link 8-Port 10/100/1000Mbps Unmanaged Gigabit Switch, Model DGS-1008TL - Retail $310
    Read it again guys.

    The managed one is gigabit = 1000Mbps

    Unmanaged = 10/100/1000Mbps = gigabit = teh same!

    I expected better out of you prime.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited February 2004
    $138 switch - Buffer memory: 256K
    Ports: 8 x 10/100/1000Mbps Ports
    $310 switch - Buffer memory: 256KB per device
    Ports: 8 x 10/100/1000Mbps Auto-Negotiation RJ-45 Ports
    This one is bigger

    And where does it say the first one is managed anyway??
  • qparadoxqparadox Vancouver, BC
    edited February 2004
    Neither of those are managed switches ...
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    <--- didn't do his homework... :Pwned:
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited February 2004
    :rolleyes2
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