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		globular-toast on Sept 7, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Low Cost Banana Pi BPI-R2 Pro 5-Port Gigabit Ether... What's the advantage of this over a separate switch? I just want two (or more) network interfaces in a router.

BenjiWiebe on Sept 7, 2021 [–]

If you have a managed switch, you can use VLANs and get by with a single network port on your router.

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