Connecitng a 2nd wireless router to my verizon router?

Hi,
I am trying to connect linksys wireless router to my newly installed Fios router. I have the radio off on the Fios router. On the linksys router, i can get a DHCP address from the Fios router of 192.168.1.152... so i know they see each other to some point. However, my laptop that is connected to the linksys router cannot get to the internet. I figure i'm just missing a check box or something simple, but so far, i cant' find it.
I know i haven't put alot of info in, but i'll answer any questions to get me up and running. Thanks ahead of time.

I have run both configurations. At first i set up my Belkin for a subnet but eventually turned off dhcp to run as a bridge so that my pc can connect to the stb for media manager.
Wraith215 wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to connect linksys wireless router to my newly installed Fios router. I have the radio off on the Fios router. On the linksys router, i can get a DHCP address from the Fios router of 192.168.1.152... so i know they see each other to some point. However, my laptop that is connected to the linksys router cannot get to the internet. I figure i'm just missing a check box or something simple, but so far, i cant' find it.
I know i haven't put alot of info in, but i'll answer any questions to get me up and running. Thanks ahead of time.
I guess the real question is how you have the linksys wired. If you plugged it in using the wan port to the Fios router then it will only work as a subnet. If you plug it in lan to lan you shoud be able to dhcp through as a bridge. In this configuration, you can leave dhcp on for the linksys wireless radio but you have to set up a scope that is excluded in the Fios router.
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