industrial ethernet switch

Difference Between Managed and Unmanaged Switches

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A production line can stop for reasons that look mechanical but start in the network. The motor is fine. The PLC is still powered. The HMI is online one moment and unresponsive the next. Then someone opens the cabinet and finds a cheap, unmanaged switch sitting in the middle of a growing machine network that … Read more

Definition of a Network Switch: definition of a network switch and how it works

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At its heart, a network switch is the traffic cop for your local network. It’s a piece of hardware that intelligently manages the flow of data between connected devices. Older devices, like hubs, would just shout all information to every device on the network. A switch is much smarter—it sends data only to the specific … Read more