I have a couple of modem/routers that came with ISP services that are no longer being used. At the moment I have the current ISP's router running the wireless network and a wired portion to a couple of rooms. In one of those rooms I have a switch to connect all the computers there to the cable coming from the router.
In the other room I have a couple of cables (actually one split into two) but I need at least one additional wired connection there.
Can I convert the existing routers that I have to behave as switches? I don't want these routers to control their own subnet giving IPs to devices connected to it. They should be as transparent to the network as if I just had a few additional wired connections available there.
Answer
That very much depends on the routers.
If you can disable the DHCP server on the router and the router has a built-in switch then yes, you should be able to use it without problems.
If you can't disable the DHCP server then It'll cause problems on your network, so don't use it.
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