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Connecting wireless router to existing network

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KayGee

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Okay, this is my current setup :

I have 2 desktops that are connected via Ethernet cable to the LAN ports on a D-Link DI-604 router. The WAN port is connected to my DSL modem (which uses a dynamic IP address). My buddy has a laptop with a wireless card and a Netgear WGR614 (ver. 6) wireless router. He just needs the ability to browse (no gaming, file-sharing, accessing folders/printers/whatever on my desktops, etc.). Also, I don?t need anything from his laptop, nor do I need the wireless capability for anything.

Now I could replace the D-Link with the Netgear and all 3 computers would have Internet access. However, I don?t really want to do that because of all the port forwarding and firewall stuff that I will have to reconfigure on the Netgear.

Is there a way to simply ?expand? my network with wireless capability? As far as possible, I don?t want to modify my existing setup. I just need to connect the Netgear to my D-Link, and whatever setup is needed for the laptop to be able to browse should be done from the laptop itself.

I don?t know if what I need is possible to do and I am no expert, so I?d really appreciate as much detailed explanations as possible. Thanks in advance. I apologize if this has been asked before.
 
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Jim
 
I didn't read the link, but you pretty much just:
Plug your friends laptop into the wireless router and go into the setup, change the router to NOT do DHCP.
Change the local IP Address of the wireless router to something in the same ip address range that you are using - so if your DLINK is 192.168.1.1, maybe you want to make your wireless one 192.168.1.10 or something.
connect the wireless router (NOT via the WAN port - use one of the LAN ports) to your current router (DLINK)
That's pretty much it. He should be able to be wireless now - the wireless router will just act as a passthrough if you will.
 
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