Trying to use E1200 Router as AP

OK, got a big house.  Bought a new Linksys WRT router which covers most of the house.  My office has a CAT5 cable from the main router, which I had an older Router that I used as an access point,  but I was only getting 12 MB or so downloads but I can get 100MB hardwired and 60 MB from my new router. 
The basic problem is that I wanted to set up a new AP, but I decided I would buy a E1200/N300 router,  because I want high speed wifi as well as 4 hard wired cables.  Could not find a AP like that. 
I configured the main router for DHCP  to give up to 192.168.1.100 and assigned the new AP to 101.  I turned off DHCP on the AP, thinking that DHCP would pass through (like my old router/access point) the DHCP request and pass the new IP. 
Thing is,  no luck. 
So did I buy someting that won't work  ?  Am I missing something ? 
Andy

Hi Aknipp. Getting an E1200 and configuring it as an access point by cascading it to the main router via LAN to LAN is a good move, but if you want to extend your existing network while at the same time having more LAN ports for more hard wired devices, check out the new RE6500 wireless extender. It is a wireless extender with four gigabit Ethernet ports. This could be the device you're looking for.

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