XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10
From: lonelydad58@gmail.com
dan wrote in news:ttthn7$2f3or$1@paganini.bofh.team:
> The current home router is currently set up as the LAN gateway on
> 192.168.1.1 and it's set to get the WAN Internet IP address from the
> modem, and it's set to hand out DHCP addresses from 192.168.1.2 to
> 192.168.1.254.
>
> I've just now configured a new replacement router the same way by
> connecting it to the Ethernet port of my Windows PC & duplicating
> the setup that was on the old router (as much as was possible).
>
> I'm going to swap them, but I might lose my Internet so I ask now.
>
> After I replace that current router with the new router, then I have
> an extra router which I'd like to make some kind of future use of
> somehow.
>
> I guess the simplest task is to re-use the spare router as a switch,
> right? (I don't really need the extra four LAN ports but why not add
> them anyway?)
>
> But how would I turn the old router from routing into a "dumb" switch?
>
> Do I change the old router IP address from 192.168.1.1 to a static IP
> of something unused in the range of 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254 or do
> I let the replacement router (which is set up to hand out DHCP
> addresses in that range) do it?
>
> Does it matter what IP address I set that new "dumb" switch to?
>
> Mainly I'm asking (before I switch over) how to turn the now spare
> router into something useful, such as a dumb switch (to get four more
> ports).
>
If by switch you mean a device that takes an incoming packet and routes
it to all of the other ports, I'm not sure it is possible. You might want
to wander the Net and look for software to flash to the old (now surplus)
router to turn it into a switch. After all, there is no hardware reason
why that would not work, you just need the proper software to handle the
new task.
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