|
windows
newsgroups
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Wireless is all set, wired not workingI have two computers (Windows XP) which used to be connected via a wired router (regular Ethernet cards) to the internet. I had to move computers from the ISP outlet, and had to resort to setting up a wireless network. I have set up a wireless network with a Linksys WRT54GL router and two computers (sitting next to each other), both using individual wireless USB adapters. Since I routinely move files (and large ones as well) between the two, it would be beneficial to continue using Ethernet carts and maintain a wired connection for local interactions, and have wireless USB for internet access. I connected the two computers via a LinkSys 5-port workgroup hub (EFAH05W). The set-up is as follows, then: 1. Wireless network: 2 static IPs Router serves as gateway/DNS server Subnet mask is the same (255.255.255.0) 2. Wired Local Area network: Tried different options (static IP, dynamic IP - assigned by the router, etc.) As soon as wired becomes active, both computers lose internet connectivity... What can be done to get them to connect with each other through WIRED, and go to the internet WIRELESS? Thank you in advance!!! You need to set metrics on both the wired and wireless card. The wired cards
will need a static IP address, in a different IP address range than the wireless cards (Wireless IP address 192.168.1.xxx and wired 192.168.3.xxx with both using a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0) see Jack's, http://www.ezlan.net/metrics.html for help on the metrics -- Show quoteHide quoteDavid Hettel Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com DISCLAIMER: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this post. The author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this post and confers no rights. "Alex" <avil***@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1169792631.928393.266390@k78g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > Hello! > > I have two computers (Windows XP) which used to be connected via a > wired router (regular Ethernet cards) to the internet. I had to move > computers from the ISP outlet, and had to resort to setting up a > wireless network. > > I have set up a wireless network with a Linksys WRT54GL router and two > computers (sitting next to each other), both using individual wireless > USB adapters. Since I routinely move files (and large ones as well) > between the two, it would be beneficial to continue using Ethernet > carts and maintain a wired connection for local interactions, and have > wireless USB for internet access. > > I connected the two computers via a LinkSys 5-port workgroup hub > (EFAH05W). The set-up is as follows, then: > 1. Wireless network: > 2 static IPs > Router serves as gateway/DNS server > Subnet mask is the same (255.255.255.0) > > 2. Wired Local Area network: > Tried different options (static IP, dynamic IP - assigned by the > router, etc.) > As soon as wired becomes active, both computers lose internet > connectivity... > > What can be done to get them to connect with each other through WIRED, > and go to the internet WIRELESS? > > Thank you in advance!!! > hello alex I have a problem with my wireless I am trying to get a computer to
pick up a single from the router but it won't I have downloaded the pci adapter in the computer but it won't pick up. Show quoteHide quote "Alex" wrote: > Hello! > > I have two computers (Windows XP) which used to be connected via a > wired router (regular Ethernet cards) to the internet. I had to move > computers from the ISP outlet, and had to resort to setting up a > wireless network. > > I have set up a wireless network with a Linksys WRT54GL router and two > computers (sitting next to each other), both using individual wireless > USB adapters. Since I routinely move files (and large ones as well) > between the two, it would be beneficial to continue using Ethernet > carts and maintain a wired connection for local interactions, and have > wireless USB for internet access. > > I connected the two computers via a LinkSys 5-port workgroup hub > (EFAH05W). The set-up is as follows, then: > 1. Wireless network: > 2 static IPs > Router serves as gateway/DNS server > Subnet mask is the same (255.255.255.0) > > 2. Wired Local Area network: > Tried different options (static IP, dynamic IP - assigned by the > router, etc.) > As soon as wired becomes active, both computers lose internet > connectivity... > > What can be done to get them to connect with each other through WIRED, > and go to the internet WIRELESS? > > Thank you in advance!!! > > David,
Thank you for the suggestion. It worked - though, temporarily. I set up the static IPs as you suggested, 192.168.1.xxx for the wireless, 192.168.3.yyy for the wired. Defined the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 on all 4 addresses. Set the metrics to 20 on wired, 30 on wireless. I could see in the Task Manager (Networking tab) that computers were communicating via the wired. I started having intermittent internet connectivity issues, though - something that did not happen when the hub was not in the picture. Until, eventually, computers would just refuse to go out to the web (same symptoms on both). Disconnecting and reconnecting from/to the wireless network did not help. Turning the hub off always does... Any other suggestions? Thank you in advance! Show quoteHide quote On Jan 26, 4:43 am, "David Hettel" <dah***@hotmail.com> wrote: > You need to set metrics on both the wired and wireless card. The wired cards > will need a static IP address, in a different IP address range than the > wireless cards (Wireless IP address 192.168.1.xxx and wired 192.168.3.xxx > with both using a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0) see Jack's,http://www.ezlan.net/metrics.htmlfor help on the metrics > > -- > David Hettel > > Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone > to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in > E-mail or news groups. > > Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Programhttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com > > DISCLAIMER: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranty of any kind, > either expressed or implied, made in relation to the accuracy, reliability > or content of this post. The author shall not be liable for any direct, > indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or > inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this post and confers > no rights. > > "Alex" <avil***@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1169792631.928393.266***@k78g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > > > > > Hello! > > > I have two computers (Windows XP) which used to be connected via a > > wired router (regular Ethernet cards) to the internet. I had to move > > computers from the ISP outlet, and had to resort to setting up a > > wireless network. > > > I have set up a wireless network with a Linksys WRT54GL router and two > > computers (sitting next to each other), both using individual wireless > > USB adapters. Since I routinely move files (and large ones as well) > > between the two, it would be beneficial to continue using Ethernet > > carts and maintain a wired connection for local interactions, and have > > wireless USB for internet access. > > > I connected the two computers via a LinkSys 5-port workgroup hub > > (EFAH05W). The set-up is as follows, then: > > 1. Wireless network: > > 2 static IPs > > Router serves as gateway/DNS server > > Subnet mask is the same (255.255.255.0) > > > 2. Wired Local Area network: > > Tried different options (static IP, dynamic IP - assigned by the > > router, etc.) > > As soon as wired becomes active, both computers lose internet > > connectivity... > > > What can be done to get them to connect with each other through WIRED, > > and go to the internet WIRELESS? > > > Thank you in advance!!!- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text - I've never tried this myself, personally I'd have used dynamic IP on the
wireless, and static on the wired. Are you defining anything else for the wired in your static setup beside default IP address and subnet mask? It's possible if you go into the advance properties for you wired adapters and on the Wins tab enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP that it *might* help. Jack, Sooner Al, Lem do you guys have any thoughts? Thanks -- Show quoteHide quoteDavid Hettel Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com DISCLAIMER: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this post. The author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this post and confers no rights. "Alex" <avil***@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1169914595.288824.287380@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com... > David, > > Thank you for the suggestion. It worked - though, temporarily. > I set up the static IPs as you suggested, 192.168.1.xxx for the > wireless, 192.168.3.yyy for the wired. > Defined the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 on all 4 addresses. Set the > metrics to 20 on wired, 30 on wireless. > I could see in the Task Manager (Networking tab) that computers were > communicating via the wired. > > I started having intermittent internet connectivity issues, though - > something that did not happen when the hub was not in the picture. > Until, eventually, computers would just refuse to go out to the web > (same symptoms on both). Disconnecting and reconnecting from/to the > wireless network did not help. Turning the hub off always does... > > Any other suggestions? Thank you in advance! > > > > > On Jan 26, 4:43 am, "David Hettel" <dah***@hotmail.com> wrote: >> You need to set metrics on both the wired and wireless card. The wired >> cards >> will need a static IP address, in a different IP address range than the >> wireless cards (Wireless IP address 192.168.1.xxx and wired 192.168.3.xxx >> with both using a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0) see >> Jack's,http://www.ezlan.net/metrics.htmlfor help on the metrics >> >> -- >> David Hettel >> >> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for >> everyone >> to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me >> in >> E-mail or news groups. >> >> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional >> Programhttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com >> >> DISCLAIMER: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranty of any >> kind, >> either expressed or implied, made in relation to the accuracy, >> reliability >> or content of this post. The author shall not be liable for any direct, >> indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, >> or >> inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this post and >> confers >> no rights. >> >> "Alex" <avil***@gmail.com> wrote in >> messagenews:1169792631.928393.266***@k78g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >> >> >> >> > Hello! >> >> > I have two computers (Windows XP) which used to be connected via a >> > wired router (regular Ethernet cards) to the internet. I had to move >> > computers from the ISP outlet, and had to resort to setting up a >> > wireless network. >> >> > I have set up a wireless network with a Linksys WRT54GL router and two >> > computers (sitting next to each other), both using individual wireless >> > USB adapters. Since I routinely move files (and large ones as well) >> > between the two, it would be beneficial to continue using Ethernet >> > carts and maintain a wired connection for local interactions, and have >> > wireless USB for internet access. >> >> > I connected the two computers via a LinkSys 5-port workgroup hub >> > (EFAH05W). The set-up is as follows, then: >> > 1. Wireless network: >> > 2 static IPs >> > Router serves as gateway/DNS server >> > Subnet mask is the same (255.255.255.0) >> >> > 2. Wired Local Area network: >> > Tried different options (static IP, dynamic IP - assigned by the >> > router, etc.) >> > As soon as wired becomes active, both computers lose internet >> > connectivity... >> >> > What can be done to get them to connect with each other through WIRED, >> > and go to the internet WIRELESS? >> >> > Thank you in advance!!!- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text - > David Hettel wrote:
> I've never tried this myself, personally I'd have used dynamic IP on the This goes beyond my experience with networks, but I don't think metrics > wireless, and static on the wired. Are you defining anything else for > the wired in your static setup beside default IP address and subnet > mask? It's possible if you go into the advance properties for you wired > adapters and on the Wins tab enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP that it *might* > help. Jack, Sooner Al, Lem do you guys have any thoughts? Thanks > are the answer to the OP's issue. As I understand metrics, they represent the cost associated with using a particular network route. Thus, given the choice of two routes to the same destination (e.g., a wireless connection to the Internet gateway and a wired connection to the Internet gateway), the route with the lowest metric is the one that's used. I've seen setting metrics suggested as a way to force the use of a wired connection instead of a wireless connection when both are active. OTOH, I don't think you can force a particular app (e.g., Windows Explorer) to use a particular network connection. OTOH, again, it seems to me as if the route to a particular IP is only available over one NIC, a connection to that IP should go over that route. As I said, however, this is beyond my knowledge of how networks operate. As to the intermittent operation, check the topology of the network carefully. Is the hub connected to anything other than the NICs in the two computers? Were you careful not to use the hub's uplink port? I've cross-posted this to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web because there are folks who spend more time there than here who know more about networking. -- Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking To the moon and back with 64 Kbits of RAM and 512 Kbits of ROM. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer David Hettel wrote:
> I've never tried this myself, personally I'd have used dynamic IP on the This goes beyond my experience with networks, but I don't think metrics > wireless, and static on the wired. Are you defining anything else for > the wired in your static setup beside default IP address and subnet > mask? It's possible if you go into the advance properties for you wired > adapters and on the Wins tab enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP that it *might* > help. Jack, Sooner Al, Lem do you guys have any thoughts? Thanks > are the answer to the OP's issue. As I understand metrics, they represent the cost associated with using a particular network route. Thus, given the choice of two routes to the same destination (e.g., a wireless connection to the Internet gateway and a wired connection to the Internet gateway), the route with the lowest metric is the one that's used. I've seen setting metrics suggested as a way to force the use of a wired connection instead of a wireless connection when both are active. OTOH, I don't think you can force a particular app (e.g., Windows Explorer) to use a particular network connection. OTOH, again, it seems to me as if the route to a particular IP is only available over one NIC, a connection to that IP should go over that route. As I said, however, this is beyond my knowledge of how networks operate. As to the intermittent operation, check the topology of the network carefully. Is the hub connected to anything other than the NICs in the two computers? Were you careful not to use the hub's uplink port? I've cross-posted this to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web because there are folks who spend more time there than here who know more about networking. -- Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking To the moon and back with 64 Kbits of RAM and 512 Kbits of ROM. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer Thank you all for your recommendations.
It turned out to be a combination of faulty router (replaced via RMA) and configuration... The final set up worked fine as follows (for the other interested parties): 1. Set up hard IPs for both wireless (192.168.1.xxx) and wired (192.168.3.xxx) connections. Subnet mask is the same: 255.255.255.0 2. Default gateway and DNS server on the wireless is the router's IP 3. Interface and gateway metric on the wireless is 30 (any number higher than the wired) 4. Interface metric on the wired is 20 5. File and printer sharing is turned on, on the wired only (on wirless it is checked off) 6. Not sure whether this is needed, but in the advanced network settings, wired has higher priority than wireless. .... and magically, it is all working :)) Thank you all, again!!! Thank you all for your recommendations.
It turned out to be a combination of faulty router (replaced via RMA) and configuration... The final set up worked fine as follows (for the other interested parties): 1. Set up hard IPs for both wireless (192.168.1.xxx) and wired (192.168.3.xxx) connections. Subnet mask is the same: 255.255.255.0 2. Default gateway and DNS server on the wireless is the router's IP 3. Interface and gateway metric on the wireless is 30 (any number higher than the wired) 4. Interface metric on the wired is 20 5. File and printer sharing is turned on, on the wired only (on wirless it is checked off) 6. Not sure whether this is needed, but in the advanced network settings, wired has higher priority than wireless. .... and magically, it is all working :)) Thank you all, again!!! Hi
Make two independent Networks and Put the Wire connection on its own subnet. I.e. if the Wireless is on 191.168.1.x put the wire on it own with static 191.168.2.x Jack (MVP-Networking). Show quoteHide quote "Alex" <avil***@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1169792631.928393.266390@k78g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > Hello! > > I have two computers (Windows XP) which used to be connected via a > wired router (regular Ethernet cards) to the internet. I had to move > computers from the ISP outlet, and had to resort to setting up a > wireless network. > > I have set up a wireless network with a Linksys WRT54GL router and two > computers (sitting next to each other), both using individual wireless > USB adapters. Since I routinely move files (and large ones as well) > between the two, it would be beneficial to continue using Ethernet > carts and maintain a wired connection for local interactions, and have > wireless USB for internet access. > > I connected the two computers via a LinkSys 5-port workgroup hub > (EFAH05W). The set-up is as follows, then: > 1. Wireless network: > 2 static IPs > Router serves as gateway/DNS server > Subnet mask is the same (255.255.255.0) > > 2. Wired Local Area network: > Tried different options (static IP, dynamic IP - assigned by the > router, etc.) > As soon as wired becomes active, both computers lose internet > connectivity... > > What can be done to get them to connect with each other through WIRED, > and go to the internet WIRELESS? > > Thank you in advance!!! > 
Other interesting topics
Internet wireless card
cannot renew ip address Can't access computer over network Weird wireless connection problem...any ideas???? not enough server storage to process this command interpherence from phone MN-700 Base Station Setup CD Linksys Limited or no Connectivity problems connecting with D_link card Restricting WZC configuration for limited user accounts? |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
