plugging a router to a router, will it work?

unwashed potato! · 2 Sep 2008 at 11:37

hi guys,

i have a normal linksys router which has say 8 pots on it. i was given a wireless linksys router which only has 4 on it so i can't replace the first one but i'd like to be able to use the wireless from the secnod router.

i was hoping i could just plug the wireless router up to the first router and away it goezs but that isn't working.

is there any way to get this to work?

thanks.

tolien · 2 Sep 2008 at 11:44

As long as you connect them by their switch ports, rather than using the WAN interface, and disable DHCP on one it'll all work.

bledd · 2 Sep 2008 at 11:48

yup

login to, one, change it's ip to 192.168.1.2 (default is usually 192.168.1.1) and disable DHCP (that's what gives out ip addresses) on that router

this one is now just a 'switch' don't use the WAN port on it obviously

just daisy chain it to the other router with normal network ports

Pulse · 2 Sep 2008 at 12:56

Cheers for this, spurred me to try it with my BT Homehub and Netgear routers. Soon as I changed them to the same subnet it worked flawlessly. Now have 2 wireless access points at either end of the house and can even get an excellent signal in the garden.

unwashed potato! · 2 Sep 2008 at 14:27

thanks guys, worked very easily really pleased with that now got wireless for me granny.
thanks guys