I am sorry but you definitely may assign an IP to a VLAN. This is something very often in complex environments. For example, on the Cisco world, you can do like this:...

Let me explain more, I hope it will be clearer. Step 1: Initial configuration is this way: I have 2 switches: 8 port manageable 24 ports manageable Factory settings are 192.168.0.1 / admin / admin I...

In recent switches, you wont assign an IP address to the switch but to the VLAN. But the VLAN is spread across 6 switch here. If I assign the IP address to the VLAN, the whole VLAN, spread across the...

Thank you for your answer, but that doesnt work. I dont use 192.168.0.0/24 anywhere on my network, and I cant figoure out how to route the traffic for 1 IP address to get to one switch

I think one difference I found is SSH/Telnet administration, which is possible on "managed" ones and not is "smart" ones. That is the difference I found for mine.

Model : Hardware Version : Firmware Version : ISP : Hello, I have a bunch of TL-SG2210P & TL-SG2424 (T1600G-28TS 2.0) and I would like to administer them from my desk without having to physically...