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Title: managed or unmanaged switch? Post by: Gazza1 on January 08, 2014, 03:05:15 AM It's going to be hooked up to a few GPU rigs for LTC, a few regular computers, and a bunch of bitcoin miners. I want to be able to control everything remotely from a phone or tablet. Be able to reboot, turn on whatever is off, etc.
Would going managed benefit me in any way? Also is netgear the way to go? Seems like with the lifetime warranty they are a slam dunk. Title: Re: managed or unmanaged switch? Post by: xjack on January 08, 2014, 03:12:23 AM Managed features won't do much for your mining ops.
Having said that, their stuff is okay. Their smart switches with warranty work well. Have a spare since the replacement isn't instantaneous. Title: Re: managed or unmanaged switch? Post by: Xian01 on January 08, 2014, 06:03:39 AM Absolutely no need for a managed switch. Will be of no benefit to you.
Netgear makes decent products. Can't say anything bad about them. Title: Re: managed or unmanaged switch? Post by: BeepBeep2 on January 08, 2014, 06:26:49 AM I'm a fan of the Trendnet Greennet switches. Cheap, have worked very well for me. :)
If you need the features of a managed switch, if your router supports DD-WRT or Tomato, etc, chances are you can use the router's switch to work with VLANs and all that crazy stuff. Title: Re: managed or unmanaged switch? Post by: Operatr on January 08, 2014, 07:35:26 AM Unless you are managing a substantial network managed switches won't provide any benefit. Remote options are already abound without any special gear.
You can set up a terminal workstation on your network for the sole purpose of mine management, and tap in with LogMeIn, Remote Desktop, and many other tools. Alternatively, you can use something like MultiMiner (multiminerapp.com) that gives you a tablet control option. I have this set up myself and it works quite nice. Title: Re: managed or unmanaged switch? Post by: monkeynutts on January 08, 2014, 05:09:59 PM netgear kit is fine, but as stated above you really dont need a managed switch.
unless of course you plan to do quality of service or need stats on each port :) even a switch without a non blocking back plane will be sufficient for your stated needs. Title: Re: managed or unmanaged switch? Post by: MWNinja on January 08, 2014, 06:59:43 PM A managed switch lets you do things like SNMP and QoS, which are useful for ensuring enough bandwidth is reserved for things like VoiP, video conferencing, etc. Absolutely useless for a mining operation. A good firewall/router to keep your miners off the public internet, with a regular un-managed switch is the way to go.
Title: Re: managed or unmanaged switch? Post by: xzempt on January 08, 2014, 11:36:23 PM no problems at all with a trendnet unmanaged one!
Title: Re: managed or unmanaged switch? Post by: knedle on January 09, 2014, 12:03:45 AM Unmanaged and as cheap as possible, from my experience even some old 10Mbps switches should be fine (thanks to stratum), but if you don't have them, you can use any 10/100Mbps. Using 1000Mbps is an overkill, and you will never need it.
If you have too much money and would like to buy something for it, then I suggest second internet connection, and a good router. The backup connection doesn't have to be anything special, in my case I have Cable 80/10Mbps as primary and ADSL 4/2Mbps as backup in my office. At home I have Cable 40/10Mbps as primary and 3G stick as backup. Title: Re: managed or unmanaged switch? Post by: TheWoodser on January 09, 2014, 02:50:16 AM Absolutely no need for a managed switch. Will be of no benefit to you. Netgear makes decent products. Can't say anything bad about them. +1 Title: Re: managed or unmanaged switch? Post by: mitty on January 09, 2014, 04:07:06 AM I'm a fan of the Trendnet Greennet switches. Cheap, have worked very well for me. :) +1 I use one of these for my mining rig and it works great. (i.e., never causes any problems)No need for a managed switch for mining rigs. I just use another router to put the mining stuff behind a separate NAT. |