[ale] OT connect two linksys routers together

[Stephen Benjamin]

Cisco is right, the uplink (internet port) is treated differently and won't
send broadcast traffic through it (e.g. DHCP).


On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 5:10 PM, jtholmes <linux at jtholmes.com> wrote:

> I have a WRT54GS2 (Router 1) and a WRT54G2 (router 2)
>
> Cisco says I cannot do the following
>
> Connect Internet port Router 2 to Port 1-4 on Router 1
> and expect to pull a DHCP address from Router 1
>
> Router 2 settings
> Dhcp auto config set
> Router ip addr  192.168.1.2
> Disabled DHCP
>
> Router 1 works fine and has for years
>
> With a PC plugged into  Port 1 of Router 2 and
> Router 2 Internet Port connected to
> Router 1 port 1, the PC will not pull
> a DHCP address from Router 1.
>
> If I plug a cable into port 1 of Router 1
> and plug the other end of that cable into
> port 4 on Router 2 and the PC is still connected
> to Router 2 port 1, the PC pulls an address
> and things work fine.
>
> Am I crazy or is Cisco right, I cannot connect
> Router 2 to Router 1 using the Internet Port
> on ROuter 2 and expect to pull DHCP addresses
> from Router 1 when DHCP on Router 2 is disabled.
>
> In other words I want to basically use Router 2
> as a Pass thru.
>
> Any info would be appreciated.
> jt
>
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