Trouble connecting router to router...

[AA1026]

Hello,

I have a giant FVS 318 Netgear router in my house - works great for all the members of the house, plus the printer etc.

Anyway, I just got another computer (both xp's - desktop and laptop) for my corner and rather than run another wire, I decided to just stick another router on the cable being fed from the netgear router. I used a D-Link DI-524. I turned it on, set everything up (both computers can see the router), but I cannot connect to the internet with either of them. (although both can if I remove the D-Link router.)

Any suggestions? Something I forgot to watch for in connecting router to router? Thanks in advance!

[prestons]

I'm guessing that the FVS318 is where the internet connection is coming in & it is also acting as the DHCP server for the network. My personal experience with this is to let the wireless router be just a wireless switch. the way to do that is to statically assign it an ip on the same subnet as all the other computers, but not in the DHCP pool. (ex. DHCP pool is: 192.168.1.100-.150 assign the Dlink an ip of 192.168.1.10 which is an ip NOT in the DHCP pool) now configure it with the wireless settings you choose & then make sure that you DISABLE DHCP on the wireless Dlink. almost there, now make one of those existing cables or purchase a crossover cable & connect it to port 1,2,3 or 4. NOT the WAN port of the Dlink. Now the Dlink has a connection to the the FVS318 & will hand out ip's wirelessly to the wireless clients, via DHCP provided by the FVS318. Thus you have converted the Dlink router into a wireless switch.
Hope this helps!

[AA1026]

Your good! Works perfect now - Thanks!