wireless network

[Izual1982]

I'm trying to setup a Linksys wireless router, I've got a desktop landwired in and a laptop going in wireless. I've got the internet going, but how do you network the laptop in with the desktop? I've look around for mixed-media networking, and I saw something about creating LMHOST files, it seemed confusing. Linksys documention is just laughable. Any suggestions? Thanks.

[kwebb]

Your post is short on info but I assume you have a RJ-45 port on the router that the desktop is plugged into. If that is the case, and you have your internet connection shared successfully then its not a wireless issue, its more likely a windows issue with resolving names. First things first, do not use Network Neighborhood to resolve computer names as a tool. Can you ping the desktop from the laptop. A hosts file would likely help you but turning off browsemaster service on one machine may do the trick. Use Find computer and type in the computer name you are trying to find and if that doesnt work, use the IP to search the remote PC. PING first. That is your connectivity tool.

[kcarrera]

I have dealt with these Linksys access points. You must make sure you associate your wireless nic with the access point first of all. Make sure your SID, etc is correct.

What I would do is take your connection from the LAN port ( the one that is going into your desktop ) and plug that into a HUB. Then plug your desktop and Access point into that HUB. THen, after you have got your wireless nic associated with your access point, do in ipconfig /renew. If you are running DHCP, you should be able to obtain an IP address. After your laptop has an IP address, ping the actual IP address of your desktop (not the name) see, the DNS server may not have configured everything correctly. Anyway, you should get a response

WARNING. Make sure that you access point is secure. Use stong passwords, and heavy encryption. If you are not careful, you could compromise your entire LAN. It is easily done...

[Izual1982]

Hrm, thanks for all the input. It makes sense that wireless is not the issue. I'll try your solutions. I also tried pinging the desktop from the laptop, it timed out. Also, what is "browsemaster service".

[Mr Miyagi]

Browse Master is a service that reports all shared resources on the network. If one of the machines is the server and it is on all the time, it is recommended that its Browsemaster is set to enabled and other machines set to disabled. Any computer that does not have shared resources (dirves/printers) will not show in Network Neighborhood usually, but you should still be able to ping it. Are you pinging the name or IP address?

[dddave]

Make sure it is set to infrastructure and not AdHoc in the configuation

[Izual1982]

Yes, it's on infrastructure, that was the only way I could get it to access the internet. Currently, I have two computers "networked". The desktop is connected via normal RJ-45 CAT5 network cable to the Linksys Wireless Router with 4-port switch. The laptop has a Linksys Wireless PC Card. Both are able to connect to the internet, but they cannot see each other. The desktop has at least a printer share, with one printer shared. Setting Network Neighborcrap aside, they should at least be able to ping each other. From the laptop, pings time out to the router, and to the desktop computer. Currently, they are being assigned IPs by the router, in the 192.168.1.100-x range.