Computer network question that I'm sure none of you can help with...

[jersey_emt]

Why didn't you just replace the wired router with the wireless? The wireless router has wired ports you could hook up to.

Anyways, glad you got it working...your mistake is a common one (hooking up to the WAN port of the wireless router).

 

[girth]

Cuz the wired router works just fine and I'm not sure where i want to place the wireless access point and I need more than just 4 wired ports too. So now I have 12 wired ports plus the wireless connection when I need it. That's exactly what I need.

 

[yashooa]

You've got Sand Cooch syndrome it's known to adversly affect electronic equipment. (rofl)

Heck I got a kick ass wiring closet, 30 cat 6 ports in my house, a couple of 24 port rack mounted switches and a simple router with LAN/54g kicking it out to my laptops. It's LAN game heaven BABY!
Good luck with yer sand...

 

[yashooa]

Well, got it to work! Thanks Asterchild - I was doing everything correctly except I was plugging my wired router into the wireless router's WAN port instead of its LAN port. Once I switch to the LAN port, everything works exactly as I had hoped - I can now surf on the wired network as much as I want and then if something comes up where I want to move around with the laptop, I just disconnected the network cable, choose the wireless network connection from Windows control panel, and choose connect. Done and done. Sweet as hell - best of both worlds.

Heck son, I don't have to choose a connection my gaming laptoop just connects to either with out having to make a selection
Who's loves ya GIRTHY? (butt)
I have both of my PCIe gigabit NICS bridged together in my main box so I can distribute files more rapidly to the dirty leechers that come over here to play. "Where's that ghost image I don't have that game?" YOU CHEAP BASTARDS!

 

[girth]

HAAHAAHAHAHA oh Yash what would I do without ya?? (rofl) That little b**** of a router is what had the sand build-up....once I got her cleaned out she's giving me all the pleasure that I knew she could.

 

[yashooa]

HAAHAAHAHAHA oh Yash what would I do without ya?? (rofl) That little b**** of a router is what had the sand build-up....once I got her cleaned out she's giving me all the pleasure that I knew she could.

First rule of IT..It is ALWAYS the simple things that bite you in the ass or in the sandy cooch de-router.