Disable DHCP on the N router, and don't use it as a router at all. Leave the WAN port unused. Assign it an unused LAN-side IP address in the 192.168.1.x subnet for management. Plug everything into the LAN-side ports. That puts everything on the same subnet and all served by your (presumably) existing DHCP server.
You can't find consumer/SOHO access points only anymore, only "routers", so that's what I did on my DIR-655. As a side note, I've been able to push 220mbit/s through that device with an Intel 5300 wireless card using two 20MHz channels. Impressive IMO. Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Winterlight > Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 6:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [H] router setup help > > I have a Linksys G wireless router setup 192.168.1.x for my LAN. It > has wireless disabled. Now I plug in a n router into one of the ports > on the Linksys and set it up at 192.168.5.x and I enable wireless on > the n router, and run the router fifty feet away. I not only use the > wireless N router but also the ports to plug a PC, BD player, and > a TV into. I want the n router, both wireless, and wired to have > access to the Linksys LAN. Should I disable the firewall on the N > router, and leave DHCP enabled? > thanks > w
