Using Wifi Routers as Clients

[c4p0ne]

My explanations on things I want to do are usually dyslexic to some extent so bare with me and try and understand....

1 Wireless router (speedtouch) is providing access (dhcp) to 3 computers in the 1 room. When logging into the router under the "devices" section we can plainly see that there are 3 machines connected via wireless. It looks something like this:

Devices section:
PC1 -> LAN (directly connected)
PC2 -> Wireless
PC3 -> Wireless
PC4 -> Wireless

Ok now that we understand the basic configuration, heres what I'd like to accomplish. In ADDITION to the 3 machines (+1 directly connected) in one room, I have another 3 machines downstairs. It would be SO easy to get them connected to the speedtouch (PC5,PC6,PC7) in that manner. However that is NOT what I want to do. Again the below configuration is NOT what I want:

Devices section: (NOT what I want)
PC1 -> LAN (directly connected)
PC2 -> Wireless
PC3 -> Wireless
PC4 -> Wireless
PC5 -> Wireless
PC6 -> Wireless
PC7 -> Wireless


INSTEAD, I'm wondering if I can somehow use a SECOND router (D-Link perhaps) to connect to the speedtouch and provide access to the 3 machines downstairs. In other words the machines downstairs would not know that they were being provided access from the speedtouch, but only from the D-link. It's getting dyslexic I know but this may help:

Devices section: (attempting to do)
PC1 -> LAN (directly connected)
PC2 -> Wireless
PC3 -> Wireless
PC4 -> Wireless
(2nd Router) Wireless -> PC5,PC6,PC7,etc.

I guess the question is, if this is possible (it HAS to be) what kind of features must the 2nd router support to make it possible. I suggested d-link because they're the only routers I know (cheap routers) that can do bridging, client-mode, repeater, etc... But I wish netgear had such an offering (maybe they do?) because most of my stuff is netgear.

[nagetech]

Would you want the new pcs to be able to connect to the other PC's?

Just asking as this makes a difference in my asnwer.

[picohat]

Yep, you can do it this way.

If you need PC5,6,7 to communicate with PC1,2,3,4, then you can just buy an access point, connect it to main router by using network cable and then configure the access point. At last PC5,6,7 will be able to communicate with PC1,2,3,4 after connecting to access point. The access point's gateway is router's LAN IP. If you insist to use second router in this case, you can actually configure the wireless router as access point only.

Also if you do not want PC5,6,7 to communicate with PC1,2,3,4 and you have separate Internet connection, then you can buy a second router as what you proposed, configure it and connect to that second Internet connection.

Hope helps..