Using 2 routers for only 1 network

Hey,
I am new to this stuff, so please guys explain in terms that will be easy for a novice to understand.
I have a qwest router connected to dsl. It currently provides a wireless g signal and I have my entire house wired or wirelessly connected to my network( 3 DTV receivers, sony ps3, sony blu ray, laptop, computer,network drive, etc.). I have a linksys wrt160n that I connected to my network and wanted to just have one network. Right now it seems that I have part of my house connected to one network and the other part to the other network. Both routers are connected to each other downstairs and I wanted to use the wrt160n for use (1 as a switch? and 2 a stronger better wireless signal that I can connect with my laptop and other wireless devices in my house). I have 3 directv receivers, sony ps3, and sony blu ray connected via ethernet cables. I didn't need the powerline adapters this way, I recently finished my basement and ran the ethernet wiring throughout the entire house. So, everything, almost is connected to the one router, I ran out of ports on the back of my router, so I set up the other router and plugged it into the qwest router. I have 2 wireless signals and 2 networks? I think that I should be able to use the wrt160n as a switch to the qwest and also use the stronger, better wireless n signal throughout my entire house. So I wont have my printer wirelessly connected to one network, while I am connected to the other. This seems like it would be possible, is it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have been monkeying with this for some time and it seems as though it may be an easy fix.
Thanks

If you want to cascade both the router together and want to create the single network then,connect the quest router to the linksys router on the Ethernet port and change the ip address of the linksys router in the range of the quest router.

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maxbirch wrote:
... I have a standard Actiontec router in my basement ... connected by LAN Ethernet to a computer ... It gives off a WPA2 wifi network, let's call it MyNetwork ... The coax outlet is on a splitter ... one wire that goes to the Actiontec ... other to my TV STB ...
... installed a new coax outlet on the other side of my house ...
... What we want to do is make it so that both routers give off signal on the same MyNetwork we have to make it a wider reaching signal, and so that I can connect the new desktop computer to the new router with an ethernet cable ...
... can somone please provide a clean, easy to follow course of action ... ?
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Now use the original coax outlet where the first router was located to set up another access point. This access point will provide Ethernet connections plus an additional wireless network (if it's still needed). However you cannot have two wireless devices on a single home network with the same SSID (i.e., network name). Here are details on some methods to do this:
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