John, Just plug the network hub into the 'router with wireless' LAN port. Plug all your computers, including the XP Pro one into the network hub. You will no longer need connection sharing. The router will do that job for you. Bob Ammerman RAm Systems ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Ferrell" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 3:01 PM Subject: [OT]:Network question... If you find this too far off topic, please just delete... I am trying to implement a wireless connection to my laptop. I now realize that I probably should not have purchased a router, a wireless access point would have done the job. Schematic at http://home.earthlink.net/~johnferrell/Network1.jpg The problem is that in the configuration I have created, the laptop gets to the internet just fine but does not appear in my local network. All network machines have internet access through Internet Connection Sharing on the XP PRO computer. Should it have access to the local network? Would a link from the hub back to the router introduce more problems? If nothing else works, will the router introduce any more problems if I try to use it as an access point by plugging it to the hub? If the question is too far off topic, just let it die a quiet death please! John Ferrell http://DixieNC.US -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads