Want to make a Linksys router into a switch

caliskier · 06-22-2008, 10:24 PM

I have a setup where I have run a line off my regular router from my office to my living room where I have some components that need Ethernet connections. I have an older Linksys router BESFR41 that isn’t wireless that I want to turn off the router function and make into a switch. I have done this before but forgot how to do it. I know how to get into the router using the ip address but don’t remember what to do from there? Do I need to assign a special address to the device once it becomes a switch?

Thanks for the help.

**brian** · 06-22-2008, 10:26 PM

just turn off dhcp and connect the ethernet to port 1-4 dont plug it into the connection port. That should be all you need

caliskier · 06-22-2008, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brian

just turn off dhcp and connect the ethernet to port 1-4 dont plug it into the connection port. That should be all you need

That's what it took, thanks for the help.

06-22-2008, 10:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
caliskier Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 25	Want to make a Linksys router into a switch I have a setup where I have run a line off my regular router from my office to my living room where I have some components that need Ethernet connections. I have an older Linksys router BESFR41 that isn’t wireless that I want to turn off the router function and make into a switch. I have done this before but forgot how to do it. I know how to get into the router using the ip address but don’t remember what to do from there? Do I need to assign a special address to the device once it becomes a switch? Thanks for the help.

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06-22-2008, 10:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
brian Moderator Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California Age: 16 Posts: 4,181	just turn off dhcp and connect the ethernet to port 1-4 dont plug it into the connection port. That should be all you need