Wireless Routing between two wireless routers

[HodgeHi]

Hello each,

 

I am just in the middle of setting up a test bed for networking and server tests at home. I unfortunately have had to set it up in a room that does not have the first router in (Wireless router 1 we will call it).

 

I need to connect wireless router 2 to wireless router 1 so the machines connected to network 2 can get out to the internet (probably so i can ask more questions here).

 

Router 1 has DHCP enabled, but i will be messing about with DHCP on network 2 so do not want to break the working network (network 1). This will i think mean setting up different subnets.

 

How do i go about getting the 2 routers to talk to each other wirelessly. I have tried setting up a static route between the 2 and pinging but did not get any response.

 

Thanks in advance for any help.

[ChrisH]

Not sure what functions you have to play with but look for settings for one to act as a repeater or wireless distribution system.

[plexer]

If you set the wireless routers up as a wireless bridge that will connect the 2 networks together however if you do this then you can't also use them for normal clients.

 

Can wireless router 2 be setup as a client of wireless router 1 so the same as if it were a wireless laptop pda etc...?

 

Ben