On 14/12/14 1:56 am, Brian Caouette wrote:
I believe this apu4 has 3 gig ports. I'm curious if i can plug one into and old
hub i have to give me more.
More physical ports, yes. More interfaces in pfSense, no. If you want
the latter, you'll need a VLAN-capable switch. But things like the HP
1810-8G (gigabit on all 8 ports) are so cheap these days you might
prefer just to buy new.
Also if the hub is 100 meg will it bring down the lan port or just
affect this one port and everything on the old hub?
Only everything attached to it - the other ports on the APU wouldn't be
affected. But see above, I don't think it's going to give you what you
want (more interfaces to configure, I presume).
In the future I'd like to get a gig switch and pull cat 5 thru the house to
complement the wireless. Is there an advantage to a managed switch? I'm not
sure what I'd gain with it?
VLAN capability and ability to enable/disable ports remotely are the
obvious ones in a small network. In larger networks, things like span
ports (for IDS), 802.11x port authentication (to stop people plugging
dodgy things into your network), LACP (bonding links between switches),
flow control, etc. etc. make managed switches worth their weight in gold.
As above, though, the cost difference between a decent (light-) managed
switch and an unmanaged switch is pretty negligible these days, so
there's only a very marginal cost saving to be made, and you never know
when those management features come in really handy.
I use an HP 2510-24G at home, which is probably an overkill. The cheaper
1810-24G has the basic management capabilities listed above, and is
fanless, which makes it a good choice for a home or small office
environment.
(I've listed HP models because that's what I've experience with, no
doubt other manufacturers have similar models. Just watch out for some
of the cheap Netgears that claim to be 'managed' (model beginning J I
think) - they have a horrible Adobe Air management app that only works
from a Windows PC, and only on the subnet the device is connected to)
Kind regards,
Chris
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