[Gllug] OT: old router as switch or buy dedicated switch

[Chris Bell]

On Fri 16 Oct, Tethys wrote:
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> Chris Bell writes:
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> >   You could have problems if it tries to allocate NAT addresses using DHCP
> >and conflicts with the new one.
> 
> No, you won't. DHCP is explicitly designed to allow multiple
> independent DHCP servers on each subnet that don't communicate
> with each other.
> 
> Tet

   A friend has just managed to identify a series of problems caused by just
that. A second ADSL connection was discontinued, leaving a forgotten ADSL
modem acting as a local switch and issuing conflicting DHCP addresses.

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