Turning a Nintendo Switch into a Network Switch: A Technical Thought Experiment
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Summary
A hobbyist explores the idea of repurposing a Nintendo Switch (referred to as NX) console into a functional network switch. The author notes that the hardware is feasible because the Switch docking station has USB-A ports, and suggests using the Switchroot project (Android/Linux for Switch) to implement the software side. The article is a brief technical musing rather than a full tutorial or completed project.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledYesterday I had the idea that it would be cool if I turned a Nintendo Switch (will be referred to as NX to avoid confusion as NX is the code name for the Nintendo Switch) console into an actual network switch.
I thought about it a bit and realized that it would be doable in hardware at least, since the NX docking station has USB-A ports.
Next step is software, while I have done some NX homebrew stuff in the past, it didn't sound fun implementing this pretty much from scratch.
But then I remembered switchroot that has Android and Linux for the NX and setting up a network switch
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