How should I go about hooking my new wireless router to an existing network

I have 2 computers allready hooked up to a network (non wireless net work). My new laptop came in today and its wireless. I got a wireless router that is the same brand as my other one.

So what should I do?
1. Just plug the new wireless router into my old one
2. Take out the old router and hook everything up to this wireless one (the two existing computers are not wireless but from my understanding you can plug in ethernet cords to a wireless router)

Just so you know when I first got my Wired router I couldn't set it up on my own had to have a friend set it up, thats why I dont really want take out the old router. So I would like to do the way that is the least complicated. By the way the router is a DLink.

Any suggestions please.

 

cable/dsl --[rj45 cable(s)] -- wifi router --[rj45 cable(s)]-- desktop(s)

notebook connects wirelessly to router

 

rj45 cables, will any ethernet cable work?

 

Also If I just hooked up my wireless router to my current router would I have to do anything to my old router to tell it that another router is connected to it?

 

1. rj45 cable = ethernet cable

2. there's really no reason to have 2 routers on the LAN, just ditch the old one and use the wifi router

 

The reason why I'm asking is because I think I'm going to have to use 2 routers, going to college in 7 days and going to need to take the wireless router with me. My college has hot spots everywhere except the dorms from what I understand, so I'm just going to have to remove it anyways soon.

 

i'm not sure why u need 2 routers?

 

I'm going to have to take my wireless router to college, and my family will still be using the other router when I leave, wouldn't it just be easier to hook up the wireless router to the current router for the remaning days I'm at home? If I hook up the wireless as my main router will I have to mess with the config of all the other comps in my house? Routers are of same company.

 

unless u have some specific security settings or IP addressing schemes in place on your current router, the swap should be transparent.

 

Oh really? I'll try it and see what happens. My first installation of routers wasn't a good experience, maybe because it was an old a$$ computer. It took my computer smart friend an hour just to hook it up the first time on my old comp.

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Actually, you should be able to connect your wireless router to your existing router. You just need to make a few changes to your wireless router. But swapping the 2 routers as Drumfu suggested will also work.

1. Disable DHCP on your wireless router (generally, turns it into a hub)
2. Configure the Wireless portion of the wireless router
3. Connect the old router (using any port) to the Wireless Router (any port) or WAN port if it doesn't work

Should take all the IP info from your old router, but if it doesn't it should be a quick fix.

1. Re-enable DHCP on the Wireless Router
2. Connect old router to wireless router through WAN port
3. Configure WAN connection in wireless router as Static IP and enter one of the old routers IP's into the box.

When you move, just pull the new router and your old one should be fine the way it is. Just change the WAN settings for your new wireless router and that's it. No need to change any other settings on the wireless router.

Should work from here, unless I'm on crack and just spewed a but of horse pucky!

-Vb-