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WTF is up with switches? (lazysoci.al)

submitted 6 months ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/homenetworking@selfhosted.forum

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Okay, I've been watching lots of YouTube videos about switches and I've just made myself more confused. Managed versus unmanaged seems to be having a GUI versus not having a GUI, but why would anyone want a GUI on a switch? Shouldn't your router do that? Also, a switch is like a tube station for local traffic, essentially an extension lead, so why do some have fans?

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[–] feliciousx@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 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.