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?
But doesn’t the router do the VLAN stuff? Sorry, I don’t know how to phrase it properly
It does, also the router most likely also has switch functionality if it has several Ethernet ports.