My cable modem feeds a D-Link DI524 wireless router, and one of its outputs is hardwired via CAT5 cable to an OUTPUT jack on a second D-Link DI524 wireless router. The IP address of the second router has been set to a value other that the default 192.168.0.1 so as to allow the two routers to be independently addressed. DHCP has been turned off on the second router. DHCP is enabled on the first router. The first router has MAC filtering enabled as a low level security precaution.
Keep in mind that the output of the first routers is feed into an RJ45 output jack on the second router so that it functions as a switch. The set up allows wireless access through the second router to any of the computers on the network as well as to the internet through the modem.
WEP (password) restrictions are turned off on the first router when its wireless link is turned off, its normal state except when wireless access is needed in its end of the house.
When I try to turn on WEP (password) restrictions on the second router, the router does not accept the passwords. Is there a way to require wireless connections through the second router to enter a pass word?