unmanaged swtiches for 8 labs

[netacaduser575395547]

Hi

we have about 8 labs each has 21 computers, some of the labs have unmanaged 24port Cisco switches and some have other brands.

They are all connected to two Cisco 2960 48p switches. i am thinking of removing these unmanaged switches and try to plug all labs computers directly into the Cisco 2960 switches. It will be hard extending them but my thought is the unmanaged switches are making the network extremely slow. 

it it a good idea to plug the computers in cisco 2960 switches and make some VLANs? or its not worth the trouble and keep the unmanaged switches in each lab?

Thanks you

[marce1000 · Accepted solution]

     >...it it a good idea to plug the computers in cisco 2960 switches and make some VLANs?
                                  It is !

     >   or its not worth the trouble and keep the unmanaged switches in each lab?
  - The use of  unmanaged switches is totally outdated in modern networks and should be avoided at all cost , because of many reasons , such as Network Access Control, modern network protocols, spanning-tree , loop prevention , and what else is there to say (>>>!!!)

 M.