XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: Ken@invalid.news.com   
      
   On Sat, 4 Mar 2023 19:59:50 +0000, Andy Burns    
   wrote:   
      
   >Ken Blake wrote:   
   >   
   >> I see that some switches are called "managed switches." What's the   
   >> difference? What's the advantage of being managed?   
   >   
   >You can disable unused ports to stop anyone simply plugging in and using    
   >them without you knowing about it.   
      
      
   Not an issue for me. Nobody could plug into  a port here without my   
   knowing it.   
      
      
   >You can split your LAN into multiple virtual LANs (VLANs) e.g. to keep    
   >work computers separated from play computers/IoT devices etc   
      
      
   I have no work computers and no play computers, just a single LAN.   
      
      
   >You can combine multiple ports to get faster than 1Gb (without going to    
   >2.5 or 10 Gb)   
      
   Faster Internet access? What I have is usually fast enough, but that   
   might sometimes be of value.   
      
   >You can monitor how much traffic each port uses   
      
      
   I don't care.   
      
   >Etc ...   
      
      
   OK thanks. I don't think that's for me.   
      
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