Router B connected to Router A connected to cable modem - router B = no internet!

[uogecko]

Hi there, I know this problem has been addressed multiple times before - I've been researching it for the past few days, but I'm having specific trouble with a Microsoft MN-500 wireless router and I was wondering if anyone would be willing to help....

Here are the specifics;

I've connected my Microsoft MN-500 wireless router to another router (which is connected to a cable modem).

Apparently I need to disable the DHCP server but when I go to LAN settings and disable the DHCP server, it says that the IP address (192.168.2.1) is incorrect for my local network. What do I do?

Thanks for your help!

G

[johnwill]

You don't go into the LAN settings of the machine to disable the DHCP, you do that in the secondary router's configuration. Here's my cookbook for doing the job, it's worked a number of times, including right here.

Connecting two SOHO broadband routers together.

Configure the IP address of the secondary router to be in the same subnet as the primary router, but out of the range of the DHCP server in the primary router. For instance DHCP server addresses 192.168.0.2 through 192.168.0.100, I'd assign the secondary router 192.168.0.254 as it's IP address.

Disable the DHCP server in the secondary router.

Setup the wireless section just the way you would if it was the primary router.

Connect from the primary router's LAN port to one of the LAN ports on the secondary router. If there is no uplink port and neither of the routers have auto-sensing ports, use a cross-over cable. Leave the WAN port unconnected!