Using two Netgear WGR614v3 wireless routers in WAN/LAN

Hi,

I just purchased two WGR614 wireless routers, and wish to use them to
connect my home network. I went with two routers because I wanted the
switching functionality on either end of what is basically a
point-to-point link from the office to the living room.

My desired setup is:


#1 WGR614~~~~~~~~~802.11g
LANports
PC2----100bT------| |
|
PC1----100bT----------|




CableModem--------
|
WANport
#2 WGR614~~~~~~~~~~802.11g
LANports
MusicClient------| |
|
FutureXbox------------|



I do development between the two PCs, and really want to keep the
100bT connection between them. Router #2 is in the livingroom near
the cable line, and I'll eventually need switching functionality there
as well.

Since I rent, I can't cable between the two rooms.

I had thought, and Netgear email support seemed to agree, that I could
just configure:

Router #1 with no DHCP, and a non-default IP address (not in DHCP
range of #2).
Router #2 with DHCP as usual

And then DHCP requests from the office computers would reach #2 and
the PCs would get IP addresses from it, carried over the air by the
office wireless router. Then, the PCs would be properly pointing at
the wireless router connected to the cable modem for default gateway,
etc.

Now, after talking with Netgear telephone support, they say it isn't
possible with two routers, that the two routers won't talk to each
other wirelessly. I couldn't understand why, it seemed like it was
just an unsupported feature.

Does this make sense?

Any suggestions on how to make this work?

I'm considering configuring both #1 and #2 with DHCP on (different
ranges of IP addresses), and configuring a static default route from
#1 to #2, and seeing if that will work. Does that seem reasonable?

Eric