Cascade E3000 with another Router

I am trying to add the E3000 to my existing network to provide Wireless Connectivity for my users. The main router is a RouteFinder SOHO VPN (RF560). The RouteFinder acts as a gateway and provides DHCP. I do not want to change it's role or settings. When I added the E3000 using a Lan-to-Lan connection to the RouteFinder, all users lost access to the internet. As a quick fix as I was working on something else at the time, I just unplugged the E3000. Now I am reading through Article 3733 that I was originally referred to and that has me changing the settings on the RouteFinder which I do not want to do. Is there any way to accomplish adding this to my network without changing anything on the RouteFinder at all??? By the way...I am located in another state than this router and network. I can call and have someone plug and unplug stuff but all of the configuration has to be done remotely. Thank you in advance for your help.

If you connect the E3000 with its LAN port to your main router then you must disable the DHCP server on the E3000. You should also change the LAN IP address of the E3000 from the default 192.168.1.1 to a unused IP address inside your main LAN (e.g. if your main router is at 192.168.0.254/255.255.255.0 you could assign 192.168.0.253 or .1 similar)
I think the latest firmware of the E3000 may support internet connection type "bridge mode" which should be preferable in your case as you can use the internet port to connect to your main router.
Article ID 3733 doesn't say anywhere to change the IP address of the main router. You only change the LAN IP address of the second router.

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Naming rule for wireless.. Same SSID same security different channel.
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