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Router w/o DHCP server = switch?

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dc4517

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Over the years, I've accumulated several wireless routers as technology has improved and the units have become (relatively) cheaper. I've tried selling some of them, though usually all I can get is about $10-20 each. And rather than recycling them, I thought whether I could use them as switches by turning off DHCP and wireless. Does this really make them into switches? I'm probably missing some other functionality that isn't apparent to a non-expert in networking technology.
 
Yes, I'm using a couple of routers as switches this way. Turn off wireless and DHCP.

I also use wireless routers as wireless access points by turning off DHCP but leaving wireless on. It's actually cheaper to do this than it is to buy dedicated access points, which are rare in the consumer market anyway.

BTW, I find that cheap routers that are a bit flaky as routers often work perfectly fine as switches.
 
Disabling its DHCP server and wireless is somewhat similar to a switch, connection speed through LAN is still 10/100 mbps.
 
Well, it shouldn't disable your gigabit. newaj was probably just thinking of a 10/100 router, not a 10/100/1000 router.
 
Another option instead of disabling the DHCP server is to let it lease addresses in a different range of IP address but in the same subnet. This way, you'll have some redundancy.
 
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