On 11/16/15 09:13, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 16 Nov 2015, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: > >> 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. > > Wayne, > > Because I knew nothing about managed switches I looked up the term on the > Web and learned the benefits they can provide over an unmanaged switch. The > article (on eHow, I believe it was) suggested using a smart switch. Those > apparently do most of what a managed switch does but at a much lower price.
I believe there was a time when some of these so-called smart switches used Windows-specific software for configuration. It looks like they have now moved to web interfaces, but that's definitely something I would confirm before purchasing. galen -- Galen Seitz gal...@seitzassoc.com _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug