I have my cable modem set to bridge mode, connected to the WAN terminal on a Linksys EA6500 router. Of the four LAN ports on the router one is unused. Two of the three remaining LAN ports connect to a networked printer and a WD Backup drive. All of this lives in an equipment closet. The last LAN port is connected to a router (Linksys EA3500) in my Home Theater cabinet. The two routers are cascaded together.
I'm considering purchasing a three node Linksys Velop system. Each Velop node has only two ethernet ports. I could just replace each router with a switch. I'd connect a Velop node to Switch 1 (in the equipment closet). Switch 1 would connect all equipment in the equipment closet to the network. One port of switch 1 would connect to a port on switch 2 (in the home theater cabinet), connecting all home theater equipment to the network.
Since I already own two extra routers is it possible to turn the two cascaded routers into switches and use them as described in the previous paragraph?
I'm considering purchasing a three node Linksys Velop system. Each Velop node has only two ethernet ports. I could just replace each router with a switch. I'd connect a Velop node to Switch 1 (in the equipment closet). Switch 1 would connect all equipment in the equipment closet to the network. One port of switch 1 would connect to a port on switch 2 (in the home theater cabinet), connecting all home theater equipment to the network.
Since I already own two extra routers is it possible to turn the two cascaded routers into switches and use them as described in the previous paragraph?
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