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What's the difference?
I'm currently looking at two different switches. The GS108Ev3 plus switch and the GS308T Smart Switch. It appears that both do link aggregation but I can't seem to see what the difference is between ...
I think that buying a managed switch is a very good idea, but I do not think that it will help you with your current load balancing dilemma. The link aggregation support in switches is a totally different beast that the network teaming you have used in Windows 10. That network teaming was using one of the adaptive load balancing methods that did not require any support from routers/switches. The link aggregation offered by switches is designed on the other hand to work with other switches, routers or servers that support the same kind of link aggregation.
BTW, it’s worth to buy a better switch since, once you start using it, it become the core device of your network and makes it possible to build even a better network. And, the GS308T is still far from a fully managed switch.
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