Re: Creating my first LAN

[Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi>]

Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> writes:

> Ten minutes after writing that I recollected I possess a non-working
> router. It is the first I bought (> 100 GBP) and has not yet beem
> re-cycled.
>
> My network also hasn't any spare LAN ports to connect to and some of
> the devices have beem wireless-enabled to communicate with them.
>
> Now - could I use this non-internet-capable router as a switch?

Probably. Usually LAN ports on a router are setup as a switch. The
router may have a DHCP server running though which you may want to
disable.