OK. I don't know enough about the finer points of managed switched but it seems the Linksys does more.
Here are the switches:
Netgear GS724T
Linksys SRW2024
Both are linked to make this easy.
Thanks all.
I have always used a simple router at home which NATs everything and seemingly provides protection. Why use IPCop or Smoothwall? I'm currently running WRT54G with DD-WRT. What gains are there over my cheap router?
Not trying to be flame bait. Just trying to learn something so I can improve my...