Re: piggybacking a wireless router on a another router, and DHCP

On 6/5/06, Dan <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 6/5/06, David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I did this with a Linksys WRT54GC just a few days ago ... I a cable from
> my main router (Linksys WRT54G) into one of the LAN ports on WRT54GC (it
> automatically became an uplink channel).  Then I gave the WRT54GC a
> static IP, and disabled the built in dhcp server.

Did you mean to say that you hooked it up to the "WAN" port on the new
WRT54GC?  My connection was a LAN port from the old (main) router to the WAN
port on the new router.

I don't think so.  It appears that David is not using the router or
DHCP server capabilities of the WRT54G, only using it a switch and
wireless access point.  Kind of slick, although I would also ask why
he didn't just replace his original internet router with the WRT54G.

As an aside, if you haven't already, you should read the instructions
and figure out how to get wireless encryption running.

Good luck.