Two routers on the same network wireless?

Last night I bought a WRT160N, to replace my old WRT54G. The 160N is now in my room, connected to a cable modem. The 160N ethernet ports, I have a cable that goes from my room, through my attic and comes out in my living room. In my living room, I'm willing to hang the cable that comes from my 160N to my WRT54G. Then ports ethernet on my WRT54G, I want to connect my Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. I have this connected physically this way, but the PS3 does not connect to the internet through this wired connection. (Have not tried the Xbox 360)

Basically, I'm eager to share the connection from my wall between my PS3 and the Xbox 360 so that they both have wired connections. Also, I would like to know if I can have both routers broadcast wireless on the same channel, so they appear as two wireless networks. Is this possible?

Looks like you will get almost everything on your wish list.  You can have two wireless routers, and they can both diffuse.  Normally, you would use the same SSID for both routers, but different channels.  Your wireless computer automatically selects the channel harder, so you can "roam" between two routers.  However, this "roaming" is not as good as with cell phones, then you should only "roam" when your wireless connection is idle (i.e. not an active download).

See my post on this topic for more information on the configuration of your system:

http://forums.Linksys.com/Linksys/board/message?board.ID=Wireless_Routers&message.ID=108928

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