Connected 2 routers, but they won't talk

Posted by ekolis on Super User See other posts from Super User or by ekolis
Published on 2012-11-08T09:29:27Z Indexed on 2012/11/08 11:08 UTC
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I'm trying to set up a second WLAN at home (since the Nintendo DS firmware won't connect to my WPA-encrypted main WLAN), but when I connect my second router's WAN port to one of my main router's LAN ports, the routers won't talk, and I can't connect wirelessly to the second router.

I can still see the second router's WLAN - I am just unable to connect to it. And it seems that even the main router can't see the second router, despite being plugged directly into it - I went to the main router's admin console and pinged the second router (which is receiving an IP address), but it was unable to reach it!

Does anyone know what might be wrong?

Thanks!

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