XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.home.repair   
   From: usenet@andyburns.uk   
      
   Carlos E.R. wrote:   
      
   > If it is "manageable", then you can connect to it from your computer (it has   
   an IP   
   > address) and you can "manage" it. Probably you can change any port to be of   
   type   
   > POE. Or you can configure one port to be "special" and mirror all the   
   > communications of all ports or a single port, so that you can listen to them   
   in   
   > a computer and spy on them, er... analyze them for problems.   
   >   
   > Not all switches are manageable. Some need Windows for the management. Some   
   are   
   > not manageable at all. Price vary.   
      
   It's rather unlikely that a home user would set out to buy "a switch", and   
   end-up with one that happens to be manageable and support PoE ... wallets   
   normally make that decision unless the user is aware of, and definitely wants   
   both features.   
      
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