2 Wireless Routers and a wireless Bridge help

Ok hope I am detailed as possible and dont confuse anyone =)

I have a verizon modem connected to a linksys wrt54g v5 G router, its
in our parents room. Now I had bought a new Linksys N wireless Router
for my room which I have devices hooked up (PS3,Wii, Apple TV, and my
Netgear Storage, and my laptop), well I wanted to hook up my router in
my room to access the internet in my parents room, but no funds for a
bridge, and sadly my linksys WRT54G is v5 so no tomato or DD-WRT can
be installed to act as a bridge. But I did have a wireless G music
bridge, so I hooked it up and it worked!! But the connection keeps
dropping...so here is my question.

Do I need to set both routers to act as a DHCP server? and do I need
to change the internet connection type from (automatically
configurtaion-DHCP) to an actual ip address?

As of right now I need to connect the cable from the music bridge to
the (WAN) input behind my N wireless router and renew the ip address
then hook it back up to a ethernet port usually 4.

ANy help would be great!!! sorry for the long novel.

On Nov 7, 8:12*pm, queequee...@gmail.com wrote:
> Ok hope I am detailed as possible and dont confuse anyone =)
>
> I have a verizon modem connected to a linksys wrt54g v5 G router, its
> in our parents room. Now I had bought a new Linksys N wireless Router
> for my room which I have devices hooked up (PS3,Wii, Apple TV, and my
> Netgear Storage, and my laptop), well I wanted to hook up my router in
> my room to access the internet in my parents room, but no funds for a
> bridge, and sadly my linksys WRT54G is v5 so no tomato or DD-WRT can
> be installed to act as a bridge.

Are you sure about that? I seem to remember seeing that they worked
out the fix and you can flash a micro or mini DD-WRT version after
doing something to the VXworks firmware. Go to DDWRT.com wiki and
check. I think they can do V5,6,7,8 now.


But I did have a wireless G music
> bridge, so I hooked it up and it worked!! But the connection keeps
> dropping...so here is my question.
>
> Do I need to set both routers to act as a DHCP server? and do I need
> to change the internet connection type from (automatically
> configurtaion-DHCP) to an actual ip address?
>

I have the second router (behind the bridge) just act as an AP/switch
and pass it on to the main router. That way everything is on the same
subnet and there should be less confusion.


> As of right now I need to connect the cable from the music bridge to
> the (WAN) input behind my N wireless router and renew the ip address
> then hook it back up to a ethernet port usually 4.
>
> ANy help would be great!!! sorry for the long novel.


Yes, give router #2 a LAN address in the main subnet if using it as an
AP/switch. Connect the bridge to a LAN port on the 2nd router.
This is the simpler setup and just uses the bridge and 2nd router as
an extension of one subnet. WAN side or router #2 is ignored.

I guess that the other configuration would be to give it or let it be
assigned a WAN address (?) and keep it connected through the WAN port
to the bridge. In that case it would be used with it's DHCP on for a
different subnet. Firewall off?

Steve

On Nov 8, 10:53*am, Jeff Liebermann <je...@cruzio.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Nov 2008 18:12:45 -0800 (PST), queequee...@gmail.com wrote:

>
> >and do I need
> >to change the internet connection type from (automatically
> >configurtaion-DHCP) to an actual ip address?
>
> No. *DHCP (automatic) configuration is fine, as long as it properly
> obtains an IP adress from the WRT54G DHCP server. *You might test this
> by temporarily relocating the bridge in the same room as the WRT54G.
>

Jeff, don't you think it's better to assign an IP for the bridge and
AP/switch in a setup like this? I know that at the least, going in
to check the interface of these devices is a lot easier if their
address is not changing all the time. For example, I set the main
router at xxx.1, various APs at .2, .3, .4 and then I can put them in
my favorites and go check on each one in a single click.

It also seems neater to keep them outside of the range of the DHCP
pool as well, gives a little added clarity for the administrator...

Steve

On Nov 10, 11:14*am, Jeff Liebermann <je...@cruzio.com> wrote:

> The original question was whether it was necessary to use a static IP,
> which I answered that it was not necessary. *
>

Yes, I caught that, just trying to clarify from what works to best
practice.

Steve