Connecting Linksys router to another Linksys router

[Nocturnal]

Do I take a patch cable and plug it into both uplink ports? How does that work?

A little update on exactly what I want done. There is a cable modem, a router and then another router already acting as a switch.

What I want to do is connect another router to the switch and make the router that I connect become a switch.

I received some help from Linksys. I went into the router, turned off the dhcp, changed it to act as not a router and then changed the IP address to 192.168.1.3.

However, the guy from Linksys I could connect port 1 from the switch to my port 1 on my router and that it should work like that. It didn't. I had to connect port 1 from the switch into the uplink port of my router. It worked but intermittently stopped working. Also one computer prompted me with an error that said something about the same name being on the network.

 

[Joemonkey]

What exactly are you trying to do? You can plug anything into anywhere, but unless we know what you're trying to accomplish we can't tell you much...

 

[JackMDS]

Option 1. I want two independent Networks.

Use a Straight patch from a regular port on the first Router to the WAN input of the second Router.

Configure like this: Network Segregation - Adding security to Wireless Network (or to any peer to peer Network).

Option 2. I want One Solid Network.

Use a Crossover CAT5e connects regular port from Router 1 to Regular port on Router 2.

Configure like this: Using a Wireless Cable/DSL Router as a Switch with an Access Point

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