Connecting two routers together.

[Green Man]

Basically I'm trying to do this because my moms is at one area in the house(where the Fios modem is) and on the other side is my PC and 360.

Now I have enough cable to go from point A to point B, but it's only one cable and I have several things I'd like to hook up.

I disabled DHCP in my d-link router and I'm now able to connect to the internet on my PC. I plugged a cable that was in a LAN port on my fios modem/router into a LAN port on my D-Link router then plugged my PC into the D-Link modem.

When I plug in my Xbox 360 into the D-Link router, it won't connect. Now, If I try to plug the cord from Fios directly into my Xbox 360, my mother gets an error on her computer saying there's some type of conflict.

This knocks out the internet, until I unplug from the Xbox 360 and plug it directly into my PC.

My old router is a D-Link WBR-2310, by the way.


Can anyone explain to me what I'm doing wrong and how to fix it?

[fistfulofmetal]

yes, switch.
switch is how it's done.

[ananus]

couldn't you just use a crossover cable to connect the 2 routers? would probably be cheaper than a switch too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_crossover_cable

[BlueTsunami]

It takes some fucking around with, but you may be able to Wirelessly "Bridge" the router to the Modem. You have to switch the Router to Client mode and get the router on the same subnet as the Modem. I've done it before but it can be a headache.

With that said, shouldn't this setup be as simple as using a regular Ethernet cable from the modem to the router? Not sure why the Modem having routing capabilities should change this basic setup.

Maybe switch your router over to Client mode? It may pass the assigned IP addresses from the Modem through the Router... there's probably some sort of conflict happening there.