Differences Between Managed vs Unmanaged Switches
Source: UPCOM
Date: 2021/07/16
What Is a Network Switch
A network switch (also referred to as Ethernet switch) connects devices like computers, printers and wireless access points and allow them to communicate by exchanging data packets on a Local Area Network (LAN). It is the"brain"when designing a network.
Unlike the hub, the switch does not simply send data packets to all connections, but only to the port of the selected target device. The device stores the required destination addresses (MAC) and the associated ports in a source address table (SAT) during transmission.
Network Switches come in various sizes, typically including 5-port,8-port,16-port,24-port and 48-port, there are many difference when it comes to Unmanaged and Managed Switches.in this article, we will learn what benefits and disadvantage of Unmanaged and Managed switch are, and how to choose them for our application.
What Are Unmanaged Switches
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The unmanaged switch is a type of plug-and-play Ethernet network switch that enables Ethernet devices to communicate without configuration. It is equipped with a fixed configuration that cannot be changed or modified.
Unmanaged switches use automatically negotiated ports to determine the data rates and half-duplex or full-duplex mode to be used, unmanaged switches have no concept of Virtual Local Area Network ( VLAN ). Therefore, all devices belong to the same broadcast domain.
Unmanaged switches keep a MAC address table (Media Access Control). It helps reduce the overall number of broadcasts transmitted, limiting the number of potential collisions within the domain.
A conflict occurs when two devices within the same domain try to send data at the same time. When this happens, the switch will discard these two packets and the terminal device will be forced to retry the transmission.
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