Re: Column: Answering Some Common Windows XP Home Networking Quest
- From: "Symondsr" <Symondsr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 16:31:28 -0800
"Chuck" wrote:
On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 14:59:16 -0800, "Symondsr"I'll try again. Distant room has cable modem and wireless router. Computer
<Symondsr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Chuck" wrote:
On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 13:20:28 -0800, "Symondsr"
<Symondsr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Regarding two routers and networking, can you help me with the following. I
have a wireless router connected to a cable modem. There is a wireless
network with 1 or 2 PCs connected to this. The home or main computer is
running XP Home. I have a 3rd PC running XP connected into a 2nd network
with a wired router, and the Main computer is also on this network. The main
computer has both a wireless card and a wired card. How can I get the 3rd PC
on the wired router to have access to the Internet via the cable modem. I
have tried bridging the two but the main computer gets locked out of the
wireless network when I do. I have tried turning DHCP off on the wired
router; I have reassigned the wired router so that all the IP addresses have
the same first 3 numbers. But I have not been able to get this to work. The
wireless network has WEP protection - I will try turning that off next. The
wireless router does not appear to be able to be configured as an access
point (I am not sure what that is anyway) and the wired router does not
appear to have the ability (Linksys NR041) to be reconfigured. Their
customer support told me I would need to hardwire the wired router to the
wireless router and that the XP computer would not be able to bridge these
two networks. Can I make this work with the hardware I currently have?
If you want to make the main computer provide Internet service to the 3rd
computer, and you cannot connect the third computer (and the wired router)
directly to the WiFi router and the cable modem, might I suggest that you run
ICS on the main computer. Note that I do not recommend this as a general
choice. Read this article:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/ics-is-ok-but-you-can-do-better.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/ics-is-ok-but-you-can-do-better.html
Note that getting ICS working is subject to how you configure both the WiFi
router, and the wireless router. You would be way better off using the WiFi
router to share service to all computers. Why do you need a second router,
anyway? More details about your network might be a good idea.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html
You asked some questions about my setup and I have some questions on your
response. My cable modem and wireless router are in a different location
from my main computer - will ICS work with this setup? I had given up on
that idea 2 days ago thinking my main computer needed to be directly
connected. (Note that I have not read or fully understood all the references
you supplied.) I thought I needed the second router to allow the main
computer to talk to the computer without the wireless card and I do not have
a crossover cable - I thought a special cable was needed.
OK, let's start from the beginning. Please describe where each of the following
components are located, in relation to the other, and what network devices each
computer uses:
# Cable modem / WiFi router.
# Main computer.
# Wired router.
# Computer 3.
I think if we can get the locational issues out of the way, we can clarify the
wiring issues. Maybe we can simplify your setup a bit, and get it to work as it
should. Read the previously cited articles, and take your time to fully
understand. And here's another one - if you truly need to use two routers,
maybe for locational or wiring reasons, here is an article that describes how to
set them up appropriately.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-on-lan-with-two-routers.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-on-lan-with-two-routers.html
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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
room has big PC with wireless card and wired card. Big PC is on wireless
network with wireless router. Little PC is also in computer room. Little PC
has only a wired card. A wired router does exist and is now being used in
the computer room to create a network that allows Big PC and little PC to
talk to each other. Without adding hardware, how do I get internet service
for little PC. Wired router is Linksys NR041. Both PCs have XP home. The
article you referenced seemed to require routers to be connected to each
other.
.
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