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Conver Switch into a Router?

kaliyamakaliyama Left to find less-moderated foraRegistered User regular
edited August 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
Is there any firmware that lets me accomplish this? Can it even be done?

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  • ZxerolZxerol for the smaller pieces, my shovel wouldn't do so i took off my boot and used my shoeRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Not for general consumer switches, no. But if you can find one, be really sure to tell me.

    Layer-3 switches do exist that have a set of routing functions built-in, but these are generally high-end and expensive enterprise products.

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  • mrbernzmrbernz Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Routers are basically computers. Standard switches just repeat signals basically.

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  • Locust76Locust76 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Well, generally no, you can't convert a switch to a router.

    Both routers and switches manage network traffic intelligently, the difference being that a switch switches packet data over a LAN, whereas a router does the same thing, except across multiple LANs or a WAN, often acting as gateways.

    In that regard, there's usually additional hardware inside a router, making a purely software upgrade mostly impossible. Assuming you're using off-the-shelf home equipment.

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