Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> writes: > Ten minutes after writing that I recollected I possess a non-working > router. It is the first I bought (> 100 GBP) and has not yet beem > re-cycled. > > My network also hasn't any spare LAN ports to connect to and some of > the devices have beem wireless-enabled to communicate with them. > > Now - could I use this non-internet-capable router as a switch?
Probably. Usually LAN ports on a router are setup as a switch. The router may have a DHCP server running though which you may want to disable.