Spooler111;542485 Wrote: 
> Its a physical location issue.
> 
> The cable line comes into the house in the utility room which is not
> conducive to setting up a wireless router. This is also where the
> network distribution cables converge.  As a result, I need to take the
> output from the cable modem in two directions - one goes to my kitchen
> where the first SB is. The other goes to the wireless router in another
> room which in turn is connected to my computer and a second SB.

Ok. Like this?

1:
cable modem (utility room) -> D-Link (kitchen) -> Linksys (another
room)

Or like this?

2:
cable modem (utility room) -> Linksys (another room) -> D-Link
(kitchen)

Ideally what you want is everything on one subnet.  So you don't want
two routers.  If #1 above is correct, then it sounds like you don't
need a router in this room.  If you need to connect multiple wired PCs
and devices then you only need a network switch in this room.  (If
there's only a single device, you could just run an ethernet cable from
the D-Link located in the kitchen.)  If #2 is correct then you want to
use the D-Link only as a wireless access point and not a router.  To do
that:

- Use the Linksys as your DHCP server.  Disable the DHCP server in the
D-Link.

- Connect the D-Link to the Linksys by connecting between one its LAN
ports (not the WLAN or 'Internet' port) to one of the LAN ports on the
Linksys.

The D-Link should end up with a 192.168.0.x address and everything
attached to it should also.  You may want to give the Linksys a static
IP address in its configuration so that you can always find it easily. 
If the D-Link is 192.168.0.1, try using 192.168.0.2 for the Linksys,
which will most likely be outside of the DHCP address pool being
assigned dynamically.


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JJZolx

Jim
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