# networking question... 360 related **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 1, 2008, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/networking-question-360-related/47729 "2008-05-01T06:01:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 53
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/networking-question-360-related/47729/53 "2008-05-02T20:19:26Z")
> [@boxxa](#): > > so you are saying that when your switch ports on your router at home recieve a packet destined for another computer, it goes right to layer three and sends it to the routing interface and completly ignroes the layer two address? wow those are some beefy home routers you are speaking of since all traffic is processed. > > im sorry my friend but you are wrong. when your switch ports on any home router w/ built in switch recieve a packet, it looks at the mac, if its something in its table, it forwards it on a SWITCHING level. If its destined for the outside world, it goes to the packet forwarding ROUTING level. disabling the DHCP server just prevents it from answering DHCP Request packets. You are keeping all your data on pure layer 2 thus making it into a switch. how is all the data stuck on layer 2. He is sending data to the outside world, which means that it is going to try to hit the routing table. Bryan, I know that you know your shit, and I have made this situation work once to get a better wireless signal with a router I had laying around, but it takes a lot of configuration, and in the end, it never stays fully working for long. In concept, it should work just fine, but linksys products are far from spectacular. A plain old switch would be MUCH easier than co-ersing a shitty router into ignoring all routing requests. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/networking-question-360-related/47729)._