Need some help for a stupid networking mistake

[Saist]

Some time ago I picked up 2 WRT55AG Linksys routers as I needed one to network, and the other as an access point... I figured... perhaps wrongly at the time, that I could just stick the second router in bridge mode and it'd work like an access point and draw and give the IP's from the first router...

I got it working by going from the Internet router, to a hub, then using the hub uplink to go to the secondary router. It worked great...

until I switched to a gigabit switch, which has no uplink port.

Is there any way to configure the secondary router to work as an access point/hub through the switch? Or should I just give up and get an access point without a router built in.
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[tom61]

Get a cross-over cable, it'll make any port an 'uplink' port.

 

[Saist]

oooh goody... I'm gonna need 150 ft crossover cable...

mew... stupid me, just change the cord at the wall over...

Thanks tom61 : i'll try that

 

[nomar]

It should have autosensing ports, meaning you don't need a crossover. Try putting the AP in AP mode and then hooking it up via a LAN port (not the WAN port). This is how the Dell Truemobile's work - I did it for a client of mine.

Also, I'm sure somewhere on Linksys' site they tell you exactly how to do this.