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• I have a Cisco modem/router with address 192.168.0.1 & DHCP is ON. Its only connection is to the (following) linksys 160n router.
• There's a Linksys 160n router in 192.168.1.1. I need it because the wireless range of the modem is very limited (the router gets the gateway info via dhcp from the modem, it is of course 192.168.0.1). DHCP is ON, and the office computers are connected via cable or wifi to this router, using its dhcp server to get their ips and network information (the gateway is still 192.168.1.1 in the computers).
• There's a HP printer which has to be on the 192.168.1.x network, otherwise it won't work.
• I need to connect an the Amahi server to this setup. Apparently, it needs to have its dhcp server on, otherwise it won't work as expected. I need to access it from the rest of the computers in the 192.168.1.x range, but also from the internet.
• I can't change the cisco modem/router to the 192.168.1.x network: it crashes (even if only a computer with a fixed ip is connected to it instead of the linksys router).
• I can't open ports in the modem, which is on the 192.168.0.x network, for the Amahi NAS, which is in the 192.168.1.x network. So I can't access the NAS from outside.

This got confusing very quickly.

Perhaps post a quick diagram?

What is the purpose of the cisco router?? why can't you change it without it crashing?? why the complex setup?

Could you post the Cisco model number of your router?

Does the Cisco router have multiple LAN ports? If so, you could use it to route to all of your wired computers. You could then set up your second router as an AP to use only for wireless.

If the Cisco router doesn't have enough ports, perhaps you could add a switch to expand them.

I think you really want your Amahi box to be the DHCP server on your network. It really makes things easier.
Can DHCP be turned off in the Cisco router?

My proposed topology would be:

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Internet====>Cisco==>HDA (DHCP) | |=====>comp1 |=====>comp...n |=====>AP (router 2; no DHCP)===>Wireless device(s)

I hope my diagram is understandable!