How should I connect my wlan?

[pellel]

I have an adsl-modem combined with a router in a single box. Now I want to go wireless with 3 clients so I have bought a wireless router.

I feel a bit insecure about how everything should be connected and which router should get which IP-adress?

Should I connect my wireless router to a lan-port of my wired modem-router box?

How should the ip settings be set in my modem-router (static or dynamic) and in my wireless router (static or dynamic)...

Hope for some help here...

 

[jjw]

You will need to use your new wireless router as an access point.

Do not change any settings on your current modem/router.

Before you connect the new hardware to the existing modem/router configure the new router as follows:

You will need to disable the WAN and DHCP on the wireless router.
Configure the LAN address to be a static address within your current network range (i.e. 192.168.0.xxx); But not within the dynamically assigned range.
Subnet mask should be the same as all other devices on the network 255.255.255.0.

When the above is set, then go an plug a LAN port on the new box into a LAN port of the existing setup. You may need a crossover cable if your routers do not support auto-MDX. (DO not plug in the WAN port of the new box to a LAN port of the existing setup)

Then you can start working with the wireless configuration.