I have two routers a D-Link DIR-601 and a Netgear WGT624 v2. The D-Link is the primary with the connection from the cable modem plugged into the D-Link's WAN port. Then I have one of the LAN ports on the D-Link plugged into one of the LAN ports on the Netgear. DHCP is disabled on the Netgear and currently wifi is also turned off on the Netgear.
All of the devices connected to the LAN ports seem to be working fine and if I'm understanding everything correctly they are getting their IP addresses assigned to them by the D-Link since DHCP is disabled in the Netgear.
However, I would like to turn on the wifi on the Netgear and have two separate wifi signals. The D-Link would broadcast in only 802.11n and the Netgear would only broadcast in 802.11g. When I've done this so far I haven't been able to get it to work.
I intentionally changed the SSID of the D-Link to nothing any of my devices had used before, with WPA enabled and I used a different channel. On the Netgear I used the old SSID and WPA password. When devices try to connect to it something goes wrong. It is as if they are either unable to authenticate the WPA password or they aren't getting an IP address assigned to them.
Why aren't my devices able to connect to the wireless signal from the 2nd router (Netgear)?
All of the devices connected to the LAN ports seem to be working fine and if I'm understanding everything correctly they are getting their IP addresses assigned to them by the D-Link since DHCP is disabled in the Netgear.
However, I would like to turn on the wifi on the Netgear and have two separate wifi signals. The D-Link would broadcast in only 802.11n and the Netgear would only broadcast in 802.11g. When I've done this so far I haven't been able to get it to work.
I intentionally changed the SSID of the D-Link to nothing any of my devices had used before, with WPA enabled and I used a different channel. On the Netgear I used the old SSID and WPA password. When devices try to connect to it something goes wrong. It is as if they are either unable to authenticate the WPA password or they aren't getting an IP address assigned to them.
Why aren't my devices able to connect to the wireless signal from the 2nd router (Netgear)?