Unmanaged Network Switch vs Managed Network Switch

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Published on 2012-06-10T19:38:13Z Indexed on 2012/06/10 22:42 UTC
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Currently I have an unmanaged POE switch connected to a Linksys router. I am thinking of upgrading my POE switch to a gigabit POE switch, the only problem is that the switch that I want to get is a managed switch.

So here's my question: with a managed switch, can I still connect all of my devices to it and have the devices request IP addresses from the DHCP server within the Linksys router or will the devices request IPs from the managed switch since I believe the switch has its own DHCP server as well?

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