This is probably what I should pursue. That would be using the equipment as it is intended. However, if past experience continues I will find every possible snag! If I pull the router out of the schematic and put the laptop on one of the hub outputs, everything works. John Ferrell http://DixieNC.US ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Graf" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 3:44 PM Subject: Re: [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! > > Well, you've got an interesting setup I must say. First off, are you set on > having the local network access the internet through the winXP machine? Is > there some reason you don't just connect your internal lan to the router? > > It MIGHT be possible to do what you ask with what you've got, but it would > be MUCH simpler to just put those machines on the router instead of going > through the XP machine. TTYL > > ---------------------------------- > Herbert's PIC Stuff: > http://repatch.dyndns.org:8383/pic_stuff/ > > -- > 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