[Gllug] Switches

[Ian Norton]

you all seem to have forgotten that it is terribly cool to telnet to 
your switch :-)

the 3com superstack IIs have a web interface too.

bredroll

Jason Clifford wrote:

>On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Peter Childs wrote:
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>>	But what exactly is the difference between a Managed and an 
>>Unmanaged switch. 
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>The difference is the software on the switch. An unmanaged switch does 
>allow you to get any usage stats from it or to alter it's configuration 
>much (if at all).
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>A managed switch will allow you to gather usage stats thus allowing you to 
>determine where on your network a problem may be occuring and will also 
>allow you to carry out other tasks that can be very useful in managing 
>your network (subject to the switch software).
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>>	Is it worth spending the extra on getting managed switches for a 
>>network of around 80 computers.
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>That really depends. If having usage stats and the ability to get 
>information necessary to determine where a problem on the network is then 
>it probably is. Managed switches used to cost a lot more - that is no 
>longer the case.
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>Jason Clifford
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