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I am having issues with connecting my two routers together. I want to form a single network with two routers. Here is a illustration:
The problem is that when I connect the routers like this it doesn't just work. The routers are connected via. cable. Router #2's WAN port is connected with Router #1 ethernet port. This doesn't seem to work "out of the box".
I've seen the answer here already but it doesn't really answer my question.
Are there any specific setting I must adjust to make this work?
I've done this before, with a router behind a router behind a router, with a switch connected to that (connected to another switch using a Powerline adapter, to complicate things). One thing I don't see mentioned is to make sure DHCP is turned off on the router. I am assuming you want it to function like a switch and not like a router. If you don't turn it off, bad things will happen. And connect using the LAN port, not the WAN port. – InterLinked – 2018-07-13T00:18:26.160
There's no magic switch. You'll have to configure the routers the way you want them to work. There are plenty of guidelines for two-router setups on Super User and elsewhere, but if you have no clue where to start, you're probably better off replacing Router #2 by a switch, or at least leaving its WAN side unused and connecting to a LAN port instead. – Marcks Thomas – 2013-03-21T09:14:28.620