I have a wireless network in the office at the back of the house,
providing shared internet connection using a 2Wire 2700HG ADSL wireless
router. The wireless signal isn't strong enough to reach to the front
of the house, so I have a CAT5 cable connected to the router, which
runs all the way to the front of the house, so I can connect a computer
to it to access the local network and the internet.

I happen to have a Netgear WGR614 wireless router. My question is this:
Can I connect the Netgear to the end of the cable and thus provide
wireless access to the local network and the internet, from the front
of the house?

I assume that I will have to disable DHCP on the Netgear and give it a
static IP address? Do I assign it an IP address in the same range as
the 2Wire, or a different range?

Do I give the Netgear the same or different SSID to the 2Wire? Same or
different wireless channel?

Anything else I haven't thought of?

Steve