minus-squareChurchill@slrpnk.nettoHome Networking@selfhosted.forum•WTF is up with switches?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months ago a switch is like a tube station for local traffic, essentially an extension lead You’re right, a basic unmanaged switch is basically that! Managed switch is a smarter switch. For example, creating VLANs or doing port trunking. These are generally configured on the switch GUI as you mentioned. Think of them as a computer with dedicated software to control how the network interfaces behaves. linkfedilink
You’re right, a basic unmanaged switch is basically that!
Managed switch is a smarter switch. For example, creating VLANs or doing port trunking.
These are generally configured on the switch GUI as you mentioned.
Think of them as a computer with dedicated software to control how the network interfaces behaves.