Managed switches and unmanaged switches differ in various ways, including control and cost. Managed switches support more granular control, yet unmanaged switches have lower prices.Let's first consider Unmanaged Switches. They are simple, easy to use, and connect your Ethernet devices so that everything magically communicates. This is indeed how an Ethernet unmanaged switch is supposed to operate. It should just work... but what if it doesn't? Unmanaged switches do not provide any sort of monitoring, alerts or alarms. They just take data in and send it back out. Using an unmanaged switch is much like driving a car without a dashboard.
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