I have three Netgear wireless routers (WNDR3400, WGR614v4, WGR614v7) and one cable modem. Currently, the modem is conneted to the WNDR3400 and working fine. I want to connect one or both of the other routers to the network with ethernet cable in order to connect two desktop computers located 30+ feet away from the WNDR3400. The other two routers do not need to broadcast, but if they can, w/o diminishing performance, that's great.
I have read several forum posts & blogs on the topic that suggest just changing the extra router's ip address and turning off DHCP. Some say set the extra router's ip address to something outside the DHCP range of the first router and some say set it to something within the range. They also say set the SSID, Security type & password to that of the first router. I have tried and tried, but nothing seems to allow me to access the internet from the second router...not by lan not by wifi.
There are two places to change the ip address, one is a LAN setting and one is a Basic Setting under Setup; I'm not sure which one I'm supposed to change.
WNDR3400 Settings:
Internet IP Address:
IP Address: 173.22.147.76
IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.240.0
Mac: set to default
LAN Setup:
IP Address: 192.168.1.1
IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Starting IP Address: 192.168.1.3 (Second router is currently 192.168.1.2)
Ending IP Address: 192.168.1.150 (I left some room for the second router)
I know I should just buy a switch but these two routers are just begging me to use them.
Thank you in advance to anyone who may consider my quandary
I have read several forum posts & blogs on the topic that suggest just changing the extra router's ip address and turning off DHCP. Some say set the extra router's ip address to something outside the DHCP range of the first router and some say set it to something within the range. They also say set the SSID, Security type & password to that of the first router. I have tried and tried, but nothing seems to allow me to access the internet from the second router...not by lan not by wifi.
There are two places to change the ip address, one is a LAN setting and one is a Basic Setting under Setup; I'm not sure which one I'm supposed to change.
WNDR3400 Settings:
Internet IP Address:
IP Address: 173.22.147.76
IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.240.0
Mac: set to default
LAN Setup:
IP Address: 192.168.1.1
IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Starting IP Address: 192.168.1.3 (Second router is currently 192.168.1.2)
Ending IP Address: 192.168.1.150 (I left some room for the second router)
I know I should just buy a switch but these two routers are just begging me to use them.
Thank you in advance to anyone who may consider my quandary