Won't recieve IP

Goldeneye

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Hey, well we just had our internet upgraded today and I am also trying to simplify the wiring. Right now it is connected like this: http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i162/hawkeye_042/router1.jpg . To make it less confusing I would like to configure the second router as an access point and have everything else directly to the modem/router like this: http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i162/hawkeye_042/router2.jpg . I plugged my computer to the modem/router and it won't recieve the correct ip address info. I know what the router IP is and the DHCP is turned on. When we plugged in the second router we set the connection to "dynamic" and it got the IP information just fine. When I plug my computer in it only recieves an IP and Subnet Mask which are both incorrect. For an ip it lists 169.254.25.224 and subnet mask is 255.255.255.0. It should have been 192.168.50.101 and 255.255.255.0. It also says computer has limited or no connectivity.
-Appreciate any help!
 
169 is the default ip given to a computer by windows when it's not receiving one through DHCP. Try to only have DHCP enabled on your cable modem, and set the cable modem as your wireless modem's "default gateway".
 
dhcp only needs to be enabled on the main router. turn it off on the other one. the rest of the process should be pretty automatic
 
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