I have recently acquired pic related and I was wonder if this was possible
>take a couple of old routers
>Flash them with DD-wrt and make them switches
>Wire their ports to the ports on the panel (There might have to be some ports on the panel hooked to the same port on the router, however if my memory of networking is correct then this is fine (Please correct me if I'm wrong))
Is this possible? I know technically the latency and total bandwidth would be shit, but its more for fun rather than practical use
>>62045013
Patch panels are just a way to keep cables neat in your rack. They're a fancy way to plug in cut-to-length extension cables, basically. They'll work fine with anything, provided you connect the wiring properly.
>>62045013
It sounds feasible, just make sure STP is enabled on all switches so you don't get any loops.