Three Good Reasons One Should Replace Your Small Office Network Switch With A Smart Managed Switch

Ever tried to replace your home office network switch with a managed switch ? If so, were you one of the successful ones who ended up enjoying the benefits? Or were you one of the many who did not quite make it? Most never even try. Some did not know where to start, so they never really got going. The specter of unknown factors scared off some. Others never really understood the potential benefits and got derailed, going on to something else.

Once you really understand about it, the things that have been holding you back fade away. So let's go ahead and examine 3 reasons why you might want to replace the home office network switch with a managed switch.

First, with a managed network switch you can properly allocate the bandwidth across the network. Yes, I hear your objection that your unmanaged switch is working just fine.. I agree with you. That is a good point, however can you really stream media like high definition video and your highest quality audio over your network, glitch free?.

Second, with a managed switch you can take care of the applications that need short delays, like your VoIP phones. Plus, Who likes movies whose sound skips from time to time. And why not take the best use of your network capacity?

Third and last, the prices of managed switches have come down and the management is easy with a web interface. This will most likely mean that you won't shell that much more out of your pocket, and you will be able to gain a lot. And again, you need to look at the above three reasons!

Think about these reasons and how they apply to your situation. They are strong enough reasons to convince many to replace the home office network switch with a managed switch. What about you?

Seriously now, just think about it for a moment. Don't those reasons apply to you? Perhaps you really should replace your unmanaged switch with a managed switch? What do you think?.