An IT professional is selecting switches for a new small-office network. Which feature, found only on managed switches, would MOST influence the decision to choose a managed switch instead of an unmanaged switch?
Automatic speed and duplex negotiation on ports
Support for Auto-MDI/MDI-X crossover detection
Ability to create and manage VLANs to segment traffic
Only managed switches allow administrators to create and manage Virtual LANs (VLANs), letting them logically segment traffic on the same physical infrastructure. Automatic speed/duplex negotiation, Auto-MDI/MDI-X, and LED status indicators are available on both managed and unmanaged models, so they would not drive the need for a managed switch.
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