@Razor512 you can find the specifications at WifiAlliance.
I really hope this gets momentum with the Wi-Fi Routers and AP manufactures - imagine being able to simply add any Easy-mesh supporting AP where you need coverage - and you can potentially keep the "hot spots" in the house on the latest...
I'm actually experiencing the same things.
Very often my Airplay devices are not discovered by my iPhone.
I have the SG300 switch as well but didn't have these airplay issues until I switched out my old Netgear WNDAP360 Access-Point with two new Zyxel 1123-AC AP's.
I'm wondering if maybe the...
Good post by spinkham - I agree with his choice of low-end equipment. I can based on personal experience (got a couple of them myself) recommend the Cisco SG300 series as well as the Netgear GS108Tv2 - like spinkham said, they are running very mature and feature rich firmware.
I work for a...
I'm actually just unpacking a Netgear ProSafe switch at this very minute - They include a rather confusing diagram of all their switches grouping them like you descriped. It's all just marketing terms though - and yeah I tend to agree they ignore the fact that all switches operate at layer 2 of...
I'm pretty confused by your post - All switches are Layer 2 devices (som with added L3 funtionality - commonly known as L3 switches)
A managed switch can do anything an unmanaged switch can - but typically offers 'enterprise' features like vlans, snmp, spanning tree etc..
I would NEVER use...