Hello, I just got a new router that I want to convert to an access point on the other side of my house. So I took an eithernet cable coming from the old router and pluged it into one of the ports(1-4), not wan port, in my new router. This way, everything from the new access point will stay on the same subnet. I connected to the new router via eithernet on a PC, and I'm getting an IP, everything is great. My question is how do I get to my new router. Because I would like to turn the wireless on also. If I go to 192.168.0.1 that just takes me to my old router. Thank You for your time.

I would suggest disconnect the router-router cable. Direct connect to the new router and log into it's admin page. Disable DHCP. Turn on the wireless. Set your security. ( I suggest not using 64bit WEP as mine was set that way and it took a hacker about 10 minutes to breech it two nights ago) Once you have it set up, re-connect the router-router cable and see if the wireless will obtain and distribute IPs from the original router. I used to have a signature but it disappeared and I just couldn't be bothered writing another so please feel free to ingore this.

Thank you I will try that.

Richard59, I'm curious. I don't bother with encryption but rely solely on MAC filtering. Were you using MAC filtering, as well, and did the intruder spoof your MAC address?

Don't forget to change the the IP address of the access point to 192.168.0.2

steigrafx, Remember that pretty much any single thing you do to thwart hackers from getting into your wifi will eliminate the vast majority of intruders. 95% of potential intruders don't know how to get around MAC address filtering. But 5% do, and those 5% are the ones you should worry about. Any encryption requires capturing traffic, and subsequently analyzing it to crack a key. 64-bit encryption is easy to crack, and ANY WEP encryption is far too easy as well. An intruder with the right tools can crack ANY WEP key in five minutes or less. 128-bit (or stronger) WPA encryption is the way to go. If you want true protection, do it! "How many squirrels had to die to make you look fly?!"

Thanks for the reply, heropsycho. Fortunately for me, I live in a residential suburban neighborhood with half-acre plots. I'm not very concerned about hackers, just keeping the neighbors from accidentally connecting to my network. I would certainly use higher levels of security if I was in an urban environment. Thanks again. ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe AMD Athlon X2 4800+ 2GB RAM, X1900GT 2x37GB WD Raptors, RAID 1 1x250GB WD Storage