Connecting another wireless router to my existing network..??

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Ok iv seen a few threads about this but none have really helped me in the past, and i dont really want to go and buy a 54GL for £40 when god knows how long ago it was when i ordered my parents one for £30..

Iv got a wired linksys router, its pretty solid, no problems.. and id like to plug my wireless-b linksys router into it, just so i can hav a bit of freedom with my laptop iv recently bought..
Why dont i just use the B as the router..?? well, because its pretty rubbish, it was a factory-repair and sold as b-grade, its very unstable, crashes a lot when put under the strain of being the primary router, though im fairly confident it could manage the little bit of use it would get through wireless from my laptop.

Ok so i need to set up static routing on the wireless linksys, do i need to do anything else on it, or the other? and how do i get static routing to work, im just at a brick wall with it, just cant seem to do it :|
Im not stupid, but im fairly tired and i miss things when im tired.
Would have thought just enabling uPnP on both would be problem solved, but the wired now crashes and demands a password when uPnP is activated, i think it becomes corrupted as the default pw doesnt work any longer .. =/
 
Connect routers to each other by the LAN ports, disable DHCP on one. Job done.
You don't need any static routing or uPnP or anything.
 
disable DHCP on which? the wireless or the wired?
Wired is the one connected to modem if thats relevant. Hmfff - dont i plug the wired into the wireless through the wireless' WAN port?

Sorry if your repeating yourself, just dont want them both crashing again :@
 
aww, well id forget to pw it etc so did it all again but now the routers just dying constantly.. piece of crap!
 
thanks for the help, looks like the wireless router crashed the other router and internet in middle of the night, is that even possbible? it has a tendancy to break everything !
 
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