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Originally Posted by gunrunnerjohn
Make the second router a switch. I also have Verizon FiOS, and this works fine for my second wireless router to cover the back of the house.
Connecting two SOHO broadband routers together.
Configure the IP address of the secondary router to be in the same subnet as the primary router, but out of the range of the DHCP server in the primary router. For instance DHCP server addresses 192.168.0.2 through 192.168.0.100, I'd assign the secondary router 192.168.0.254 as it's IP address.
Disable the DHCP server in the secondary router.
Setup the wireless section just the way you would if it was the primary router.
Connect from the primary router's LAN port to one of the LAN ports on the secondary router. If there is no uplink port and neither of the routers have auto-sensing ports, use a cross-over cable. Leave the WAN port unconnected!
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Thanks. I think this may be getting clearer now. If I am understanding this correctly have one router 192.168.1.1 and the other 192.168.1.2 keeps it within the range of the DHCP server on the primary router. So, changing the second router to 192.168.1.254 should work?
Currently the network runs great as is. Multiple machines working just fine. Getting my FTP server to connect to the outside world is what is eating my lunch.
I ran a port scan locally and it did not say that Port 21 was open even though it shows to be open within the D-Link set-up menu.