managed/unmanaged???

airbornflght

what is the difference between these? does the managed switch/router have a pc interface or something? whats the point of being managed

Armo

managed usually means you can setup VLANS and create routing tables, access lists, whare as unmanaged have not nearly as many options, but who needs an access list in their home?

as far as i know ALL routers are managed. but not all switches. VLANs are why

Armo

oh yea, if you didnt know, VLANs are very awesome concepts in networking, they allow you to communicate and share resorces with other machines and networks as though you were on the same subnet. like joe smith on the 4th floor can DIRECTLY share/get information from bob long on the 9th floor, they are on different subnets, but through a VLAN its like they are sitting directly next to each other. the data will stream diretcly to him and no one else. its kept in check by VLAN databases based on port assignment on each of the ports on the switch. so port 1 can be on VLAN - accounting, and port 5 can be on accounting, port 6 can be on VLAN HR. and neither VLAN knows what the other is doing.


and ive messed up my sig..

airbornflght

heh heh heh......well i could see a lot of good uses for that, but then the anarchist mischief maker creeps up in my mind for ways to get around big brother at school. although ive found many ways to "blind" him. would make moving files to my friends easier.

Armo

dont forget all machines with as fasr as i know 2k+ have hidden shares on their machines, theres the C$, and IPC$. even if the machine has no share. i think if your an admin, you can still access any machines C$ ( litterally the machines C: ) buti think its all admin stuff