I apologize for being silly, and thank you guys for helping
me anyway. My broadband router IS connected to the AP
via an Ethernet port. I have four of those ports on the router:
one is used to connect to the AP, another to a desktop PC.
If I plug the printer to another one, then the wireless
machines can see it.
The AP, on the other hand, only has one port, and that one
being taken by the connection to the router, how can I
then "Connect one PC to the Ethernet connection of my
DWL-2000AP"?
I am not sure I understand what an "Internet connection
port" is. My router is connected to the Internet via an
ADSL connection, which is RJ45 - no way I could
plug an Ethernet connector there.
I am sure missing your point somewhere, so please
bear with me and help me understand.
| Hey silly man, read Robert's posting carefully: '1. Connect your
Broadband
| modem/router to to your DWL-2000AP via an ethernet port, not the Internet
| connection port. Connect one PC to the ethernet connection of your
| DWL-2000AP.'
|
| Your last post ignores his comment!
|
| "Jerry" wrote:
|
| > Hi Robert,
| >
| > Thanks a lot for your great help. Unfortunately, the problem is still
| > there - the
| > only way to get any two members to "see" each other on my LAN is that at
| > least one is connected to an Ethernet port on the router. If both are
| > wireless,
| > they can't ping each other.
| >
| > By the way, the printer I have (HP6840 ) can be connected through WiFi
or
| > Ethernet,
| > and the unfortunate situation includes it as well. If it's connecting
| > wireless,
| > only wired PCs can see it, i.e. print to it. If I connect it to the
router's
| > Ethernet
| > port, all can ping it and print to it.
| >
| > I forgot to mention, I run XP Professional SP2.
| >
| >
| > | > | This would be the best way,IMHO. to setup your network.
| > |
| > | 1. Connect your Broadband modem/router to to your DWL-2000AP via an
| > ethernet
| > | port, not the Internet connection port. Connect one PC to the ethernet
| > | connection of your DWL-2000AP. set your wired PC IP address to
| > | 192.168.0.100, subnet 255.255.255.0. Connect to the AP using
192.189.0.50
| > in
| > | Internet Explorer. You are going to set it for AP mode only(Effectivly
| > | disabling the DHCP server in it) so your modem /router will handle the
| > DHCP
| > | for your complete network. Do this by following the below steps:
| > |
| > | Access Point Mode
| > |
| > |
| > | The DWL-2000AP is set to Access Point (AP) mode by default. Access
Point
| > | mode will allow the DWL-2000AP to communicate with wireless clients.
| > |
| > | Step 1 Using a cross-over Ethernet cable connect the DWL-2000AP to
your
| > PC.
| > |
| > | Step 2 Your computer´s IP address must be in the same range as the
| > | DWL-2000AP for configuration. The default IP address of the DWL-2000AP
is
| > | 192.168.0.50.
| > |
| > | Step 3 To begin configuring the DWL-2000AP open a web browser and
enter
| > the
| > | IP address of the AP (192.168.0.50). The username is admin (all lower
| > case)
| > | and the password is left empty.
| > |
| > |
| > |
| > | Step 4 Click on the Advanced tab and then the Mode button. Select the
| > Access
| > | Point radio button.
| > |
| > |
| > |
| > | Step 5 Click Apply and click Continue to save the changes.
| > |
| > | 2. Now Install your wireless clients on your other two computers. You
| > should
| > | beable to ping all three computers from each other now.
| > |
| > | 3. Connect your printer to one of the Computers now and install it as
a
| > | network printer. You should be able to install it as a network printer
now
| > | on the other machines also.
| > |
| > | Hope this helps,
| > |
| > | Robert....
| > |
| > |
| > |
| > | | > | >I have a D-Link DWL-2000AP access point connected through an Ethernet
| > cable
| > | > to a 3com OCR 812 ADSL router. One desktop PC is wired (Ethernet
cable)
| > to
| > | > the router, while another desktop and a laptop connect to the access
| > | > point.
| > | >
| > | > Now I've added a HP6840 printer and set it up to connect to the
wireless
| > | > access point. Needless to say, all machines belong to the same
subnet.
| > | >
| > | > The problem: in order to print, either the printer or the computer
must
| > be
| > | > WIRED to the router; if both are wireless, the PC doesn't see the
| > printer
| > | > (pinging the printer's address from the PC not possible). Actually,
this
| > | > is
| > | > also valid for two PCs - they can ping each other only if at least
one
| > is
| > | > wired to the router.
| > | >
| > | > How can I get the wireless members to talk to each other?
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
| >
I also have an HP