Connecting two routers together

[imported_jediknight]

I need more ports in order to connect my XBox360 to the network (and I'm not going to pay the absurd $130CAD MS wants for their wireless adaptor!)..

I have a D-Link DI-624 wireless router, which connects to a cable modem for internet access.

How can I connect my wired router, a Netgear RT314, to the wireless one, so I'd be able to access the Internet (and preferably, all computers on the network) from the Netgear?

I've tried just about all I can think of.. but nothing seems to work.

What I've tried:
1) Having the Netgear function as a switch (in theory??) by connecting a port of the D-link to a (regular) port on the Netgear (ie. not to the WAN/Internet port). No dice.

2) Connecting a port of the D-link to the WAN port on the Netgear. This managed to disconnect everything from the internet when the power blipped. Probably some settings I missed..

Any help would be appreciated!

 

[ubernewb]

don't understand why the first option didn't work.. did you make sure to set the ip settings properly on the netgear one? you know, disabling dchp and setting a static ip and all that..?

 

[imported_jediknight]

Originally posted by: ubernewb
don't understand why the first option didn't work.. did you make sure to set the ip settings properly on the netgear one? you know, disabling dchp and setting a static ip and all that..?

I'm pretty sure the settings were incorrect. I didn't change them since I used that router as my primary router. I was under the impression it would "just work" w/o needing to change anything.

Please elaborate on what settings I need to use?

 

[JackMDS]

Your question is somewhat self-negating.

If you are short of ports, you can buy a switch for about $10 (or use the314 as a switch, http://www.ezlan.net/router_AP.html )

If the X-Box is too far for cable connection, and you need to connect it wirelessly to the main Router then you have to buy something like Wireless Game adapter that can act as a Wireless Client device ( http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Modes.html ).

Some Routers can work as Clients and thus replace a game adapter (Buffalo, Belkin, Zyxell, Linksys with 3rd party firmware, and few more). Unfortunately, the D-Link and Netgear Routers are built in a way that they can Not be made to work as Clients.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

If you insist on doing it this way, rather than just getting a switch ...

1. Disable DHCP on the Netgear router, and set its internal IP to something on the same subnet as the D-Link (192.168.0.2 for example)
2. Connect a LAN port on the D-Link to another LAN port on the Netgear. Don't plug anything into the Netgear's WAN.

That should work ... but as JackMDS says, it's kind of a weird way to do it. A better solution is

1. Sell router
2. Buy switch

- M4H