You did good. I did the same to prevent conflicts with existing addreses. If you want to use the lower addresses, you must change the pool, and then go and restart those devices to pick up a higher address. I agree those instructions are a bit backwards. GOOD CATCH!
I added a STEP 1.1 Go to yout first router and under advanced settings, under IP Address Distribution I changed the range from 192.168.1.2 - 192.168.1.254 to 192.168.1.25 - 192.168.1.254 I choose to do mine on the lower end, but people have prefrences as to what they want reserved, and not given out. Just be sure not to mess with the 192.168.1.100 -107 rage, that STBs use. So if you do this in the primary router, you can use static IP addresses on all your special devices and you will know where they are located. I set the static IP on the second router, after I disabled DHCP pool before connecting the coax. I am connected through it right now.
I hooked up a three foor peice of coax between two routers for testing. No splitter, As stated, my network is Gigabit Ethernet Only, with a 16 port Managed layer 2 switch and two routers, except for this test the is a three foot MOCA.
Right now I have 16 tuners in my house with Media Center, 4 are stand along in a single Home Theater, and the other 12 tuners are pooled on the network. I plan on changing that as soon a Quantum TV is available. Quantum TV Enhanced with the VMS-1100 six tuners and 3 IPC-1100 clients, and then keep the pool of six or twelve tuners with Media Center. I think for a little over a year, I held the record of most tuners on FiOS. If I keep My Ethernet pool of Twelve tuners with 2 TeraBytes of storage, Plus the New VMS-1100 server, I will have 24 tuners available for use in my house. The existing hardware I own, so it is just the $10 for the cards and send the third cable card back.
I can't wait for Quantum TV!