Change 750G into a simple switch

RouterOS Beginner Basics
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Hello-

I want configure my 750G from a router into a simple switch. It will connect to one port of my 450G. The subnet for this 450G port is 192.168.1.xxx and there is no DHCP server (this subnet can’t be changed because the machines require the 192.168.1.xxx subnet)

I think I have the 750G configured properly and have ports 2-5 switching in hardware. My problem is that I’m stuck on configuring ether1. Do I assign either1 a static address? Also, I believe that I can’t use a gateway address of 192.168.1.1 for the 750G because that will cause an address conflict with 192.168.1.1 of the 450G, correct? Finally, are there any less-known changes that I should make?

I have searched the documentation and have read the appropriate sections. Could someone please offer some suggestions.

THANK YOU!

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/interface ethernet switch set switch-all-ports=yes
/interface ethernet
set ether1 master-port=none
set ether2 master-port=ether1
set ether3 master-port=ether1
set ether4 master-port=ether1
set ether5 master-port=ether1

Then add an IP address to ether1 - and yes, it must be different from whatever IP addresses already exist on other nodes.

That said, personally I’d rather just get a switch than make a router behave like one.

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fewi-

Thank you. Yes, I agree that a switch is a better option, but I’m broke for another month at least and I need a switch now. I will, however, get a 250Gs as soon as money is available. Thanks again!