cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/12597342
Okay, I’ve been watching lots of YouTube videos about switches and I’ve just made myself more confused. Managed versus unmanaged seems to be having a GUI versus not having a GUI, but why would anyone want a GUI on a switch? Shouldn’t your router do that? Also, a switch is like a tube station for local traffic, essentially an extension lead, so why do some have fans?
I feel like routers are overhyped.
An L3 switch is a router. Though most of them don’t have enough resources to take a full BGP routing table, at wire speed.