Network Topology complications
- From: LeaderOne <LeaderOne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:51:02 -0700
I setup a small network at home mostly to share the Internet out of our cable
modem. I'm a novice in this Windows Home Networking stuff, so I don't
understand why machine 1 (see diagram below) can't share printers with the
others, or even join the same workgroup. In the following diagram I will try
to show you the best I can how is this network set up:
192.168.0.1
CABLEMODEM ----> [Router Dlink DI604] -----> MACHINE 1 (winxpHE)
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V 192.168.1.1
[wireless Router Linksys WRT54G] --------> MACHINE 2
(winxpHE)
= = =
= = = (wireless
connection)
= = =
MACHINE 3 MACHINE 4 MACHINE 5
(winxpHE) (win98SE) (winxpPE)
In this diagram, that I hope is clear enough, the lines represent network
cables and the = lines represent wireless connections. The OSs for each
machine are between (). The IP for each router is shown above the router.
Machines 3,4,5 and 6 can share printers and join the same workgroup, say,
MYHOME. But Machine 1 refuses to do so, when I follow the wizard and tell it
the workgroup is MYHOME, after reboot, it doesn't see any other machines
belonging to that workgroup and all the others can't see machine 1. I imagine
that the fact that the routers having different IPs and the way they are
connected is the cause, but I hope there is a workaround to make every
machine see each other; the reason for this topology is that the cable modem
is fixed in one location close to machine 1, where there is very poor
wireless connectivity, and I use the Dlink Router to receive the WAN from the
Cable modem, and distribute it with network cable to machine 1 and the
Linksys wireless router, which is 80ft away and in a position on the house
that let all the other machines get a very good signal. It's very hard to
change this arrangement, and the only long network cable that is not
obstrusive is the one between both routers.
Sorry for this long post, but I needed to explain the situation to get
better help.
Please let me know what do I need to change in Machine 1 or configure in
either/both routers to get this to work.
Thanks a lot in advance!
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