Connect 2 RV082 routers

I have 2 seperate networks that were both built independantly with RV082 routers. These networks now have a physical connection between the two of them and i would like to bridge the networks.
NETWORK1
     WAN1:           Static IP internet connection
     LAN:              192.168.0.1
     SUBNET:        255.255.255.0
     Firewall:          Block WAN requests disabled
NETWORK2
     WAN1:          Dynamic IP internet connection
     LAN:             192.168.10.1
     SUBNET        255.255.255.0
     Firewall:         Block WAN requests disabled
My first thought was to just plug the routers into each other's WAN2 connection, set static IP's, adjust the subnet mask for the third octet on each and it would just magically work. I also attempted to use the almost completely undocumented "Transparent Bridge Mode" because it seemed appropriate but so far nothing has worked. Any suggestions on making this work?

i agree, but dont the routers need to be able to ping each other on the WAN2 ports before i create a VPN connection? I did attempt a VPN connection but since they dont communicate with eachother yet it never connected. On a side note i was able to make a gateway to gateway VPN across the internet but i would like it to run across the much faster physical connection.

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This is a common issue and I answered the question probably more than a hundred times thus I put it into a new thread to which I can simply link from now on... Please do not post a reply in this thread if you have a problem setting it up. Post a NEW thread instead. This thread would explode if everybody would post in here...
You have one router running in your network. This router connects to the internet. Now you want to hook up a second router (e.g. a wireless router to have wireless access) in your network connecting both with an ethernet cable. The following is in most cases the best approach for home networks. You'll find similar answers with some screenshots in the Linksys Easy Answers, e.g. 4579
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1. Unplug the second router from anything. Connect a single computer to the router. Do not connect the second router to the first at the moment!
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Message Edited by gv on 08-11-2007 01:45 PM

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