Help with cross-over cable connection

[pkaplan1]

On Saturday 23 May 2009 12:31 Brian McKee wrote:
> 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....

I guess that makes sense, but at least part of my question was in trying to 
learn how to connect using a cross-over cable.