Sunday, August 8, 2010

After installing A Network Switch I Cannot Network with Other Computers?

Currently I have the following connection on my home network: A cable modem connected to a DI604 router, out of the router I have a Vista premium desktop, a printer, and the D-link switch. Connected to an other port on the switch I have a Netgear wireless router. Originally I had only the Netgear router in the system but installed the D-link router and switch to move the wireless router to a better position for recieving. The problem is that when I was running only the Netgear router I had communication between the Vista desktop and the XP laptop via the wireless connection, but now I no longer can communicate between the two computers. I can get to the internet from either computer no problem. I can also print to the network printer through either computer.



After installing A Network Switch I Cannot Network with Other Computers?bmw



Your problem is probably the wireless router. The thing you have to remember about a Wireless Router is that it is not really a single device. If we were to use a stereo system as an analogy, then tape deck would be a single device. But, an amplifier with a built in tuner and turntable would not be a single device. Your Wireless Router is like the amplifier/tuner/turntable combination.



In the case of your Wireless Router it is really three devices. First it is a Router. Second it is a Wireless Access Point, and Third it is a LAN Switch.

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