2 routers and a workgroup switch

OKay so im having some difficulties with my network setup. Right now the way my system is setup is downstairs i have a belkin somethin or other as my main router that connects to the broadband internet modem, then a long ethernet cable that reaches to my bedroom that connects to a linksys 5-port workgroup switch. that connects to my 2 computers my 360 and has 2 free ports. i recently bought a linksys WRT54GS wirless router and put it in place of the belkin but the signal strength wasn't as strong as i would like it coming to my room. so i put the belkin back and now i want to put the linksys in my room connected to the workgroup switch. i've been trying to disable the DHCP and that works fine but the second step that im told has to be done where i change the IP address of the linksys to match that of the belkins range(192.168.2.xx) never works properly. i lose connection to the linksys and the only way to get it back is to hard rebbot which resets the DHCP and the IP. i hope my novel is enough information lol. please any help would be much appreciated.

make sure you giving the linksys a different ip address than the belkin router. if the belkin is 192.168.2.1, then make the linksys 192.168.2.2.

also, when you go to re-access the linksys, you'll have to use the new ip address.

if you're sure of all those, make sure the linksys has the latest firmware.

if you've checked all of those and still experiencing problems, post back.

Also, make sure that in the Linksys's setup you have it checked off as a router and not the default of being a gateway. If it thinks it's a gateway and it's not, it won't connect properly.