Networking wifi and wired

[Charlie]

I have 2 computers in an office networked together thru a
wired router and wireless router. The internet comes
thru a dsl modem and into the wired router with a
connection to a computer and to the wireless router. The
wireless router internet connection is fed via the wired
router. The wireless router also connects to a office
network computer.
This set up was given to me by Linksys support.
I have a computer in my garage with a wifi card. I
receive an internet connection via the wireless. I can
not see my office computers not can the office computers
see the garage computer. I have run the XP "setup a home
or small ofice" and made a network disk numerous times.
I have looked high and low on the internet. Any ideas?

 

[Chuck]

I have 2 computers in an office networked together thru a
wired router and wireless router. The internet comes
thru a dsl modem and into the wired router with a
connection to a computer and to the wireless router. The
wireless router internet connection is fed via the wired
router. The wireless router also connects to a office
network computer.
This set up was given to me by Linksys support.
I have a computer in my garage with a wifi card. I
receive an internet connection via the wireless. I can
not see my office computers not can the office computers
see the garage computer. I have run the XP "setup a home
or small ofice" and made a network disk numerous times.
I have looked high and low on the internet. Any ideas?

Charlie,

It's going to be a challenge getting the garage computer, and the wired office
computer, connected. They're on separate routers - and subnets.

But we can start with the garage computer and the wireless office computer, that
should connect.

Please start by providing ipconfig information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.
Identify operating system (by name and version) with each ipconfig listing.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I have 2 computers in an office networked together thru a
wired router and wireless router. The internet comes
thru a dsl modem and into the wired router with a
connection to a computer and to the wireless router. The
wireless router internet connection is fed via the wired
router. The wireless router also connects to a office
network computer.
This set up was given to me by Linksys support.
I have a computer in my garage with a wifi card. I
receive an internet connection via the wireless. I can
not see my office computers not can the office computers
see the garage computer. I have run the XP "setup a home
or small ofice" and made a network disk numerous times.
I have looked high and low on the internet. Any ideas?

I don't think that Linksys' suggested setup can do what you want. The
two routers create two different physical networks that can't
communicate with each other.

The simplest solution is to remove the wired router from the setup and
use only the wireless router. Connect all of the wired computers to
LAN ports of the wireless router.

If that isn't possible (because, for example, the wireless router
doesn't have enough LAN ports for all of the wired computers), the
solution is to use the wireless router as a wireless access point
only, bypassing its routing capability. That will let all of the
computers, wired and wireless, communicate with each other in a single
physical network:

1. Disconnect the wireless router from the wired router.

2. Determine the LAN IP address of the wired router. For Linksys
routers, it's usually 192.168.1.1.

3. Connect a cable between the wireless router and one of the
computers. Using that computer, access the wireless router's built-in
web server. For Linksys routers, it's usually http://192.168.1.1 .

4. Disable the wireless router's built-in DHCP server.

5. Change the wireless router's LAN IP address to be in the same
subnet as the wired router. For example, if the wired router's LAN IP
address 192.168.x.1, set the wireless router to 192.168.x.254, using
the same third number on each.

6. Connect a LAN port on the wireless router to a LAN port on the
wired router. Don't connect anything to the wireless router's WAN
(Internet) port. You might need to use an uplink port on one router
or connect the computers using a crossover Ethernet cable.

7. Disable and then enable the network connection (wired or wireless)
on each computer.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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[Keppy]

WOW, that's great instructions Steve! Don't go away, I may need your advice
one day too