192.168.2.0 and 192.168.1.0 are different subnets and you wont be able to talk between them without specific routing rules.
Set your routers up like this:
Belkin: IP 192.168.2.1, DHCP 192.168.2.10-192.168.2.100
Linksys: IP 192.168.2.2, DHCP OFF
Connect one of your Belkin LAN ports to one of your Linksys LAN ports, you should not be using any ports labeled WAN on the Linksys for this configuration.
You will need to factory reset your Linksys and plug it directly into your computer if you can't access it.
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by: xxdcmastPosted on 2009-11-01 at 15:18:59ID: 25716142
My first thought would be that you probably want to reset the old router back to factory settings. This is usually done by pressing a button on the back of the router.
This will set its IP address back to normal, usually 192.168.1.1 (maybe different though). Once you have done that conect your laptop to the router and then manually set your ip address to whatever subnet the router is on.
From there you should be able to get into the router to modify the settings. My guess is that you wont want this to act as a router any longer but rather only a wireless access point. You will probably just want to disable the routing features and disable DHCP also.
Once you have that done you should be able to plug the network cable into one of the non internet/uplink ports. It has to go into one of the regular network ports. This will allow the main router to do its thing but also have this secondary router acting as a wireless access poiunt.