Bob, I have configured many systems with multiple nics, wireless and wire
all connected to different networks doing various stuff.
We live in a complex world and many people have different needs even for
strange configurations like this.
All this with XP though...
Indeed many people are having trouble with doing this vista, many people
complain to me all the time, but im not sure yet if it's the drivers or
Vista itself...
"Bob Campbell" <bob@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "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?