Connect a router to another router??

Hi all. I tried to follow other topics but it's a no go for me.

Here is my situation. I have a D-Link di-604 router that is connected straight to my cable modem. I also have a D-Link DIR-655 wireless router that I want to connect as well after the DI-604. I'm not sure exactly what to do and I would appreciate any help on this matter as to properly setup both routers to work. Thanks in advance.

First choice, use only the wireless enabled router.

Second Choice, read the documentation for your devices and see if you can make one a Gateway (the one connected to the modem) and the other as an access point only.

Third choice: Use the wireless enabled router w/ the cable modem and buy a switch to connect additional WIRED devices.

Last Choice, learn how to setup RIP and create two networks (more difficult than necessary and even more difficult than it sounds if you are unfamiliar.)

I have the dir-655 and i set that as my primary router, and connected a linksys wired router to it

first I would recommend setting the 655 as your primary

second, go into the router settings for the 604, disable DHCP change its ip address to the subnet of the 655 meaning that if if the 655 assigns ip addresses starting from 192.168.0.100, change the ip address of the 604 so that it is a number within the ip's that the 655 is assigning.

third, change the subnet of the 2nd router so that all the ip's it assigns are also within the 655's subnet, since im assuming the 604 can hook up only 4 wired computers to it, you should choose ip's between a range it can assign only and no more

fourth run a wire from one of the lan ports of the 655 into the wan/internet port of the 604 (ive tried using a lan port on my linksys and the wan port it works both ways for some reason dont knwo if that'll be the same case with the dlink)

Hope that helps

I connect 2 Linksys router together one time. One was wireless/4-port wired while the other was 4-port wired only. I used the wireless one as the main router. I used the other one as a switch. On the second one I changed the base address to one different from the first and disabled the DHCP. For example:
Router 1: 192.168.1.1
Router 2: 192.168.1.2

Few points to consider--

a./ If you want to connect the routers physically with an Ethernet cable - then it's irrelevant which one becomes primary.

b./ In case of wireless connectivity, ensure that the second router is set up into client mode. If this is supported.

Either way, the second router will be acting as an access point.

c./ Router B must not have the same LAN/local IP as Router A. By default these both might have 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 or 10.0.0.1 or something like that.

d./ You must disable DHCP on the Router B. This way it's gonna pass through the allocation of IPs via Router A.

e./ In order to be safe, allocate an IP address to Router B that is outside of the Router A's address range (but within the same subnet!). Meaning it will not try to allocate the address to clients via DHCP. This won't create problems if you set a higher number such as 192.168.1.10 - for example - for Router B.

f./ You won't use the WAN port of the Router B. You can manually "disable" this by setting up a gateway IP of something like 0.0.0.0 or an IP address that's part of another subnet.

Or you may want to set them up this way: 192.168.1.1 for Router A, 192.168.1.2 for Router B - but then change the IP range that is addressed to start from 192.168.1.3 on Router A.

All in all, following these advices - each computer will be part of the same subnet, so file and printer sharing will work seamlessly.

Good luck. Don't hesitate to come back and ask for clarifications once you get your feet wet.

Hi everyone. First, thank you all for responding.

I am connecting the routers with an ethernet cable. I will be using the wireless router as the secondary and I understand that it must be used as an access point. Therefore, I will disable DHCP on Router B. Can I set the ip address of router B to 192.168.1.2 and then change the range on Router A to start from 192.168.1.3? Finally, I will be connecting to a LAN port on Router B, correct? Is this all I should be doing?

Many thanks!

Yes, that should work dandy!

Ok then I will try it tonight! Just to be certain.. DHCP is enabled on router A , correct? and within the DHCP settings is where I change the starting IP and ending IP to let's say 192.168.1.3 to 192.168.1.100

Correct, and you disable DHCP on router B