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[gkbaldwin]

Hi;

I have a DLG-4500 router as my primary router and want to connect a second router (DIR-655) to it as an extention of the LNA to the second floor of my home. 

I have found instructions on doing this with most other routers, but not DLINK. 

In fact when doing the initial configuration and trying to disable the WAN link on the second router by using a bogus IP address string (127.0.0.1) The router won't let me save the change? 

What are the steps for configuring a secondary router cascaded to the primary (both wireless) to extend network coverage.

Need help!

Thanks, Gerry

[Reinvented]

Err, what?  You cannot extend wireless that way.  Get a bridge or a range extender.  You cannot do a WDS system..

And why on earth would you use 127.0.0.1?  That's for local...it's not a valid IP address for your network stuff, neither LAN or WAN.  127.0.0.1 is referring to home, meaning your own computer.

[gkbaldwin]

I am basically turning the second router into an access point.  This can be done using Linksys routers, of which I have one, but have not found any one that has done this with Dlink routers. 

The reason is one wireless router doesn't cover my whole house and I need to extend downstairs for the kids.  If I had two linksys routers it would be done already as they seems to be more flexible on configuring them. 

Basically configuring the second router as a router access point and not a gateway, then patching the second router from LAN port to primary router LAN port. 

This way the primary works as the gateway and second cascaded router acts as an access point, but keeping all on the same LAN subnet.

Has anyone done this using DLink routers.  Cascading routers is not something new and has been done to extend network coverage.

Gerry

[Reinvented]

All you have to do is if you want it as an access point, disable the DHCP on the DIR-655, have that WAN from 655 go into LAN of DGL-4500.  Cascading is such an odd term to use.

That's all you have to do.  Nothing about setting an invalid IP address, when referencing "home" or your own PC.

>Bridge Mode vs Relay vs Acess Point (AP) / Routers vs Dedicated Acess Points (AP)

[gkbaldwin]

Thank you....how does one disable DHCP on the  innernet (WAN) setup.

I did get the two router to communicate with each other.

I can access either router.  I have the primary set up to handle all the innernet filtering, firewall and security and such.

I connected primary LAN port to secondary LAN post.
I disabled Upnp, multicast and DCHP server and gave secondary router different ip address that primary.

I set up the wireless the same on secondary as primary except used different channel to broadcast.

All seems to work except I currently not able to access the innernet through the wireless connection on the secondary router.  I can access through secondary router through hardwire link. 

Still trying to figure out why wireless doesn't talk to the innernet on secondary, but still works through primary.

Gerry