Networking: How to add another router

Networking: How to add another router

Stan Goodman stan.goodman at hashkedim.com
Mon Feb 14 00:16:04 IST 2011


On Sunday 13 February 2011 22:51:57 Nadav Har'El wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011, Geoff Shang wrote about "Re: Networking: How to 
add another router":
> > It would.  However, I only have a router and it seems like a bit of a
> > waste to buy a 4/8/16 port switch to accommodate only one more
> > device.
> 
> Then I'm even more confused what the problem was... a so-called
>  "router" *is* a switch. You just need to ignore all its irrelevant
>  features (all related to its special "WAN port") and use it as a
>  switch.

A router is indeed a switch. But a switch that you buy as a switch is much 
cheaper than a router that you are using as a switch. 

-- 
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel



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