Switch Type?

[Bry]

Quick question,

I have a net gear rotuer with a 4 port switch built in. I am moving out soon and will need mroe than 4 network ports (around 6-7) so am looking at buying an 8 port 1000mb switch.
There are managed, unmanaged and smart switches I notice. i think I want smart but am not 100% sure.

I want to use the router dhcp to give out IP addresses to devices connected to the switch

Multiple PC's and devices --> Switch -->Router (which will give the pc's and devices their IP).

Can someone just clarify what type of switch I will need?

 

[TrX]

A normal, dumb (non smart/managed) switch will do this.

Smart and Managed are actually just marketing terms for varying features of switch (OSI Layer 2) configurability.

For example, if you want to do VLANS and carry multiple logically seperate networks over one switch/ethernet cable, you'll need a managed switch that can support 802.1Q.
Or if you want to configure your switch ports to prioritise packets based on CoS Quality of service tags you have set on network packets somewhere else.. you will need that 'Managed' component to the switch to connect into the switch and tell it how you want things etc.

However, for simply plugging into your router to give you extra ports for standard network devices, nothing special is needed

Never had an issue with the NETGEAR ProSafe GS108. Solid build and seem reliable.
//TrX

 

[Daegan]

HP ProCurve 1400-8G is a good choice. Better than the similarly priced plastic Netgear job and cheaper than the ProSafe version.

 

[TrX]

HP ProCurve 1400-8G is a good choice. Better than the similarly priced plastic Netgear job and cheaper than the ProSafe version.

Good to know!
Will try one of these out nextime we need a desktop switch.

//TrX

 

[Bry]

A normal, dumb (non smart/managed) switch will do this.

Smart and Managed are actually just marketing terms for varying features of switch (OSI Layer 2) configurability.

For example, if you want to do VLANS and carry multiple logically seperate networks over one switch/ethernet cable, you'll need a managed switch that can support 802.1Q.
Or if you want to configure your switch ports to prioritise packets based on CoS Quality of service tags you have set on network packets somewhere else.. you will need that 'Managed' component to the switch to connect into the switch and tell it how you want things etc.

However, for simply plugging into your router to give you extra ports for standard network devices, nothing special is needed

Never had an issue with the NETGEAR ProSafe GS108. Solid build and seem reliable.
//TrX

Thanks for that explanation was fantastic thank you

HP ProCurve 1400-8G is a good choice. Better than the similarly priced plastic Netgear job and cheaper than the ProSafe version.

Cheers for that will take a look at both of them