Daisy Chain Routers

I have a wireless router/gateway provided by Verizon for FiOs in my house. The problem is that the wireless signal is very weak on the other side of the house. Before i got Verizon's box i had a Linksys wireless router that worked well across the whole house. My question is, can i conntect my Linksys Router to the Verizon Router in order to use the Linksys for wireless access?
Thanks
-James

 

I'm guessing the verizon router has regular ports too, right? Connect a regular port on the verizon router to a regular (not internet/WAN) port on the linksys.

That way you wouldn't be going through 2 NAT devices.

 

Get an access point instead of a second router.

 

I would have to pay for an access point... i want to see if i can make do with what i have.

@miller
would i just connect from a Lan to Lan and that should work?

 

Yes it will work, I have 2 routers connected in daisy chain. Turn off DHCP and connect through the lan port ( lan to lan). Then turn off the radio in the Actiontec.

 

ok thanks i will report back when i try this

 

got it... just in case anyone was wondering you need to change the IP adress to a different # in the same format.
so if your first router is 192.168.1.1 the second one needs to be 192.168.1.x

 

sounds about right. Same subnet, but different IP address.

 

You don't need too if you turn off DHCP, and connect through the lan. This way it acts like a switch., and the main routers assigns the IP's. No chance of duplicate IP's that way. If you using the WAN port, then your better off setting it to a different subnet, Or use a static IP. (which I think you did). If you did not turn off DHCP, your router is working as NAT, which will be a double firewall. Which is not bad, it's done for different level of security.

 

No you do if you still want ot be able to access the second router. Other wise if you pull up 192.168.1.1 and both are 1.1 it'll conflict.

 

No, blue is correct. You use the second router as a switch, and assign it a static IP address outside the DHCP range. If you do a little research, you'll find a few guides on the 'net that recommend the same settings.

 

Damn it you're both wrong.

If you want to access your second router you'll need to give it another IP.

You will need to access the second router once in a while.

If you disabled DHCP you won't be able to call up the second router if it has the same IP as the first router.

I know how it works I've chained plenty of routers. You'll need to assign each daisy changed router an IP so you can access it. This comes in really really handy when a part of your network goes down, you can try to bring up the router and if it doesn't respond that's the one you need to reboot.

 

I said to set a static IP on it.....

Disabling DHCP kills the NAT & Firewall... Don't need it if you assign a static IP. Connecting through the LAN-LAN uses the dhcp server of the upstream router.

Read before you bark.

 

Where do you say to assign the second router a static IP?

EDIT: Wait I see it now. And you're still wrong. If he disables DHCP on the second router without assigning a static IP he won't be able to call up the second router if he leaves the default IP. Assuming the IPs on the routers are 192.168.1.1 he won't be able to call up the second router.

If they are 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.1.1 he might still have trouble getting the second router. So having the first router as 192.168.1.1 and the second router assigned 192.168.1.2 He can call up the second router anytime he wants while still using it as switch. He can use it to disabled the radio, or diagnose problems etc.

All this is LAN-LAN using the second router as a switch/ AP. What you say for LAN-WAN is correct however.