My home network is wired to 10 locations in the home. I've been using a Belkin Pre-N router and a Linksys 8-port switch to cover all the locations. It seems the Linksys switch has become unreliable to I want to replace it. I happen to have a spare Linksys BEFSR41 router laying around. Is there a simple way to use it as the switch? and is there a special way it needs to be hooked up? Thanks in advance...

It is a switch. Doc's are online. Use web based setup to access if you don't need dhcp. admin admin is normal access to web page. I think it is default to 192.168.0.1. See static computer to that subnet 192.168.0.x. I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you peanut.

Just disable the DHCP server on the router and it becomes a plain switch. -Ryan Adams http://ryanadams.blogsite.org

I would disable the firewall too while I was at it since you already have one.

I disabled the DHCP Server option but it's not working so far. I put the cable from the Belkin router into the Linksys' uplink slot; perhaps it should go in either the wan slot or one of the 4 other slots? Also, I don't see where there is an option to disable the Linksys' firewall. None of the online docs I've found addressed this... What am I missing?

Don't use the wan port. (well you could) Get a cross over cable if you go from switch to switch. I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you peanut.

I'm back to using the uplink port but still can't get it to work. If I'm using the uplink port does it need to be a cross over cable ? Still be overlooking something...