Help with cross-over cable connection

[Brian McKee]

On Sat, 2009-05-23 at 12:21 -0400, pkaplan1 wrote:
> I am planning to attach an old wireless router to my home network to serve as 
> a second access point and as a switch.  Once I get to the router's config page, 
> I know I can turn off DHCP so that it doesn't conflict with my home network and 
> set a new IP address, but at the moment the old router's IP address is the 
> same as the new router's IP address so unless I shut down my network, which 
> I'd rather not do, I can't connect both routers to the network at the same 
> time.
> 
> How can I get to the old router's config page using a crossover cable?  Is 
> there a gui tool for this?
> TIA
> Paul
> 

Sounds like you are making it too complicated.  Just disconnect your
computer from the new network, connect it to the old router, reconfigure
then hook them both together.  Or am I not understanding your question?

Brian

PS  Overlapping DHCP routers won't matter for a short period of time as
long as no one asks for a new address....
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