Cascaded WRT300N routers

Howdy,
I have a Newbie question ... networking is a mysterious subject for me
I have a cable modem and two WRT300N routers
THe cable modem connects to port on 1st router (router 1) which is set up as the DHCP server using 192.168.1.1
A connection from port 2 goes to the second router (router 2) which has an address of 192.168.2.1 and has DHCP disabled and the firewall disabled. This router is located in a different building
Wireless and wired connections work properly from each router (have different wireless SSID's and security for each)
On the router that acts as a DHCP server, I can connect directly (via cable) with my laptop to access the router configuration - http://192.168.1.1.
On the router that has the DHCP server disabled, I have not been able to connect to it using the cat5 cable. In order to access the configuration, I have to disconnect the link from the DHCP server, reset the router to the factory defaults and then I can access it using 192.168.1.1, make my changes and then set it back up to act as a non-dhcp server (which is a pain)
Couple of questions:
- how can I access the second router's setup information on address 192.168.2.1 when DHCP is disabled?
- with the above configuration, should this setup affect a laptop's boot speed when they only connect wirelessly to router 1 (the dhcp server)
- last but not least, how do I access the admin information from a wireless connection if I have that enabled? The router asks me for the user name and password and although I have changed the admin password, I don't recall changing the user name. I did try admin as the user name with my new password and it didn't work.
Thanks in advance for the help.
PS .. I searched for the answers to these questions and although I found lots of great info, I didn't find these specific ones
PSS .. This setup belongs to a friend and he asked me to help.
PSSS ... The router firmware is old and has not been updated yet. I am somewhat reluctant to do that to something that I do not own since I do not know how to recover if it goes badly.

You just need to change the IP address to 192.168.1.2 and you would be able to access this router.

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jlbjlb wrote:
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gents,we like to provide a WLAN Network for guests in our Company which is connected through a different Provider than our internal Network.I connected the incoming hardline to one router - providing WLAN #1 with DHCP.I like to route it to two floors, using the LAN environment.I have only ONE line available to get the Provider to our Switch-rack.My idea is to connectthe LAN-port of WLAN-Router #1 to the Switch rack and attach another WLAN-Routers to the other floors.My question is: what is the best way to provideDHCP ?a) Router#1 is doing DHCP and all connected secondary routers are just passing through.b) every Router is doing DHCP for himselfI once read that there could be Problems using cascading Switches/Routers. Any enlightment here?
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