"nemo" <gnuarm@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>That is right, you don't understand. The Internet connection is in
>one place and the wired network is in another. To do what you are
>suggesting would require me to put everything in one place. Not much
>point to using wireless if I have to run a cable just to put the wired
>connections on the Internet. That is the part you aren't grasping.
>The wired network is not near the Internet connection, so I can't just
>put them all on the same router.
Ah, OK. Well, all I can say is I would never do it that way. As you
have discovered, there is not much point to having a wireless network if
your wired network can't see it. My cable modem/router/wired
network/hub/desktops/servers are all in the same room. My desktops/servers
use wired, laptops can use wireless and wired. All can see each other.
If I was in your situation, I would either call the cable company and get
another cable drop, or I would be running CAT6 cable along baseboards/under
carpet/thru walls/whatever I had to do, in order to get my wired and
wireless networks connected. As you add more
computers/devices/who-knows-what-is-coming-in-the-future, you will find it
very convenient to have every device talking to every other device, wired or
wireless
As for your original problem, I don't see that here. If I unplug my router
from my hub, then plug my laptop into the hub, my internet connection
remains thru the wireless, and I can see the local wired network. So both
networks are definitely working. The wireless connection goes off for a
few seconds (gets a yellow icon in the system tray), but it comes back on
after Vista figures out the networking. In the Network and Sharing Center
in Control Panel, the wireless connection shows "Local and Internet", the
wired connection shows "Local only".
I realize none of the above is much help, but it shows it CAN be done. You
must have something configured wrong. In the TCP/IPv4 properties for your
wired connection, there should be no Gateway address or DNS Server address.
You need only IP Address and Subnet Mask. Are you using Static addresses,
or is one of your machines handing out address thru DHCP?