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Trying to turn my router into a Switch (But cannot access it)
Hi, I am struggling with my router, and I cannot figure out what to do with it. I have a different modem, and it only has one ethernet port. So I Was hopeing to turn my old wifi adapter into an switc...
What router are you using?
If I read your posting you have a new modem with a single lan port.
1 connect the lan port of the modem to the Internet port of the router
2 connect the wired lan ports of the two computers to the lan ports of the router there is your switch
3 can use the wifi of the router or turn it off the choice is yours you will still have the wired ports on most routers
What router are you using?
If I read your posting you have a new modem with a single lan port.
1 connect the lan port of the modem to the Internet port of the router
2 connect the wired lan ports of the two computers to the lan ports of the router there is your switch
3 can use the wifi of the router or turn it off the choice is yours you will still have the wired ports on most routers
I realized I had simply overthought this entire thing, and was trying to do something copletly different than what I Wanted. I reset everything, and plugged them in normally and it worked just fine (after 4 hours of being dumb). I am very tired @-@