two rounters connection?

Question

I have one wireless router and one wired router, both come with 4 ports and work well,

in order to get ports, I use one of wireless router's LAN ports to connect wired router WAN , but wired router 4 ports dont work , why ,please help me, but compuer which connects to wired router . can access the wired router, can't access either wireless router or internet. any solution?? thanks

Answer 1

Are the routers the same brand? If so, then they'll probably have the same IP address. Even if they're not the same brand, they still might have the same IP address (for example, D-Link and Netgear routers like to use 192.168.0.1). You'll have to log on to the setup page of one of the routers in order to change the IP address if they are the same.

Also, you'll need to disable DHCP on the second router.

See the link below for steps on setting up two routers.

Answer 2

This is what I have to do.
1.power down the modem, both routers and the computer for 30 seconds (time does matter).
2. power up modem and wait until it boots(accesses internet)
3. power up wireless router and wait until it boote(possible yellow light in access meter).
4. power up wired router.
5. boot up computer.
What this prosses does is let each piece get it chain of command.(who is boss, who is VP, who is next in line) otherwise they will all try to be the boss and "control" traffic.
P.S. I believe it is better to run the wireless router after a static router.