[PLUG] Small network managed switch?

Don Buchholz buchholz at easystreet.net
Mon Nov 16 17:49:30 UTC 2015


They track more than traffic.  They also track errors, types of errors, and traffic statistics are often broken down into different packet sizes. 

 VLANs are another reason to need a managed switch.

On November 16, 2015 9:20:28 AM PST, wes <plug at the-wes.com> wrote:
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>> One member of the family that owns the plant also owns some sort of a
>> business computing consulting or services company. He wishes that I
>had
>> used a managed switch so he could know how busy my network was and I
>> don't know what else a managed switch would tell him.
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>A managed switch offers tracking of the traffic on each port,
>accessible
>via SNMP so you can easily create graphs and such.
>
>-wes
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