Share laptop Wi-Fi with router set up as access point via ethernet cables

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Published on 2012-07-05T13:59:13Z Indexed on 2012/07/08 3:18 UTC
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I have an ADSL modem which serves as a wireless router. There's a laptop connected to it through cable. On the other room I have a laptop which is connected through the router wirelessly.

Since I have other appliances that need to get connected but are not Wi-Fi capable I have another Wi-Fi router.

How can I share the second laptop's Wi-Fi with the second router so that the router can then serve as an access point to give internet to my other appliances through ethernet cables?

I want something like this:

INTERNET>MODEM (WIFI)>LAPTOP 1 (WIFI)>LAPTOP 2 (WIFI)>Router 2 (ETHERNET)>DREAMBOX & WDTV

What I've tried so far is opened the admin interface of router 2 then set static IP 192.168.100.13 and disabled the DHCP. The DHCP of the main router starts with 192.168.100.1 then I hooked up router 2 with the laptop 2 through Cat5 cable but for some reason it's not working.

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