Help with bridging a wireless modem with a wireless router.

[eizeeen]

Hi, I've had Frontier DSL and it came with a Actiontec q1000 router/modem. Although not completely terrible, my roomates have been complaining about some of their devices not working very well with our router. So I wanted to replace the router with a TP-Link 300 Mbps router. Right now, I have a setup where the Actiontec q1000 is connected only to the phone line and power. While my TP-Link router has all our devices connected to it and its internet port connected to one of the ethernet ports on the Actiontec. Is this the correct way to bridge two routers? Although it works in general, the performance is not as great as I had hoped, is there anyway to improve this setup?

 

[abailey]

If you are only going to use the Actiontec Q1000 as a modem then I would put it in transparent bridge mode and let your TP-Link router do all the firewall stuff. A quick google search came up with this on how to put the actiontec in bridge mode: http://internethelp.centurylink.com/internethelp/modem-q1000-adv-bridging.html