"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

> In article <0CDB9340-1B66-4E77-A0D3-6F4AB7AEA***@microsoft.com>,
> Andrew <And***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >Hello,
> >I have had a successful home network connected through a wired hub for
> >sometime.  I just recently purchased a laptop with wireless capability and a
> >wireless hub however I do not yet have the to desktop PC's equiped with
> >wireless cards.  How do I get my wireless laptop to communicate with the hard
> >wired network?  The laptop has wireless, bluetooth and a network card
> >installed in it but it always defaults to the wireless card?  How can I get
> >this to use the cable network card setup until I get the other pc's updated?
>
> Is this "wireless hub" actually a wireless router?  A wireless router
> typically has one Internet (WAN) port and four local area network
> (LAN) ports.  What's its make and model?
>
> If it's a wireless router, it will let you network all the computers,
> both wired and wireless.  Connect the wired computers to its LAN
> ports.
>
> If the wireless router doesn't have enough LAN ports for all of the
> wired computers, connect one of the LAN ports to the uplink port on
> your wired hub and connect some of the computers to the wired hub.
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
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>

>> >Hello,
>> >I have had a successful home network connected through a wired hub for
>> >sometime.  I just recently purchased a laptop with wireless capability and a
>> >wireless hub however I do not yet have the to desktop PC's equiped with
>> >wireless cards.  How do I get my wireless laptop to communicate with the hard
>> >wired network?  The laptop has wireless, bluetooth and a network card
>> >installed in it but it always defaults to the wireless card?  How can I get
>> >this to use the cable network card setup until I get the other pc's updated?
>>
>> Is this "wireless hub" actually a wireless router?  A wireless router
>> typically has one Internet (WAN) port and four local area network
>> (LAN) ports.  What's its make and model?
>>
>> If it's a wireless router, it will let you network all the computers,
>> both wired and wireless.  Connect the wired computers to its LAN
>> ports.
>>
>> If the wireless router doesn't have enough LAN ports for all of the
>> wired computers, connect one of the LAN ports to the uplink port on
>> your wired hub and connect some of the computers to the wired hub.
>
>Thank you Steve,
>
>The Router is a new Netgear WPN824.  Yes I did notice the LAN ports for the
>cable hookup pc's and understand the wireless one doesn't need a port because
>it is wireless.   The problem I had was with Netgears installation
>instruction card which is incorrect on the procedure to install the router. 
>Basically, it said to pop the disk in your computer and follow the steps to
>set up the wireless.  Well at seeing that I assumed they meant put the disk
>in the wireless PC to initiate setup right?  Wrong, They meant install the
>software on your CABLE connected pc which is the original one you signed up
>with your internet provider with...not the wireless equipped one.  I
>discovered this after researching the tech doc's on Netgear's site which
>correctly describes the procedure in detail.  It was easy after that the
>original wired pc went through all the steps in setup and told you when to
>actually change the modem and router connections.