[ale] OT connect two linksys routers together

[forsaken at targaryen.us (Forsaken)]

That's correct. With stock linksys firmware, the port marked internet  
is essentially treated like it's in it's own VLAN and subnet and  
there's no ip helper option to forward dhcp off subnet. What you're  
trying to do wouldn't work because the Internet port needs must be on  
a different subnet than the 4 ports of the built in switch, otherwise  
it wouldn't be able to perform as a router.

Unless you need the extra port, just connect Router 2 on one of the  
normal layer 2 ports to Router 1 on one of it' normal layer 2 ports,  
and it should work fine. Otherwise, you'll have to replace some  
firmware (which is something I'd recommend anyway)


> 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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