A lot of tech companies have gone down hill in general it seems...and by that i pretty much just mean dell and hp...ha...i think at work we have used a couple tp link routers and wireless adapters. I do not think we had any issues with them (=

i have a question for you guys...i know unmanaged would be of course more plug and play no interface to control anything..but what would i want to control? what do you guys like having control over on your switches?

 

how is this switch for the price?139$ with promo code EMCNENF73 has 5 egg average out of 130...anyone see any reason why this is not good?

 

D-Link DGS-1024D

 

While i have never owned one.. it looks good to me.

 

to answer why they want managed. mostly so that they can bind ports together..  mostly for people that push lots of large files or use virtual drives on a NAS/SANS. this way they can bind 2(or more) Gigapit ports together to make a 2 (or 3,4,etc) gigabit port.

 

another thing could be VLANs for added security and to stop network crosstalk/flooding. this is usually only on very expensive managed switches.

 

for joeblow using unraid for media storage.... all of that is overkill and usually cant even use those features so why buy it...

 

i have a question for you guys...i know unmanaged would be of course more plug and play no interface to control anything..but what would i want to control? what do you guys like having control over on your switches?

 

how is this switch for the price?139$ with promo code EMCNENF73 has 5 egg average out of 130...anyone see any reason why this is not good?

 

D-Link DGS-1024D

Been using one of these for 4-6 months now no problems.  Much better than the 16 port LinkSys I was using that died.

Thanks again for input!

 

Thanks Johnm i figured thats not something i would use. Im sure if i started messing with all that id get my self in trouble which happens often