Using router as access point AND switch, connected to other router

[MarkProvanP]

I previously said in another post here that I was getting a Linksys WRT320N, and I still am. However, I have come across a really good deal on a WRT160N and a dual-band N USB adapter and was wondering if I could use the WRT160N as an access point, like how the tutorials on this site say, and still use the 10/100 switch inside it as well. Any help with this?

 

[MarkProvanP]

So, just to clarify: I would connect out cable modem via ethernet to the WAN port of the WRT320N, and then connect the two PCs and a NAS to three of the Gigabit LAN ports. Then, an ethernet cable would connect the final Gigabit LAN port to a LAN port on the WRT160N. The WRT160N would act as an access point and as a switch for the remaining three ethernet ports, and devices connected to them would be able to connect to devices connected to the WRT320N, and vice-versa. The DHCP server would be enabled only on the WRT320N.

 

[thiggins]

Yup. That's how you do it.

 

[MarkProvanP]

I'm not blaming anyone, but I was waiting for someone to confirm that this would work, before I would buy the router/usb adapter deal. The deal is gone now