It looks like this will work for me, but I will lose the security provided by a router. John Ferrell http://DixieNC.US ----- Original Message ----- From: "MURAN0" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [OT]:Network question... > That's how I've been running for a couple of years... > > I have a Linksys Wireless router, but don't use the router part of it. I > have the LAN side of it connected on my network, and it gets DHCP addresses > served from one of the two other Linksys (Not Wireless) routers on my > Network, or my Win2K server, depending on how I have it configured that > month. > > Works great. :) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Ammerman" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 3:20 PM > Subject: Re: [OT]:Network question... > > > > 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 > > -- > 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