Need help with both wireless and wired network connections.

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pawn

Hi!

I have an XP machine (Home edition) that is wired to my home ethernet
LAN. The LAN shares an Internet connection through a linux router box I
set up.

I have now purchased a wireless router (D-Link DI 624), as well as a
wireless NIC for the machine above. The intent of this new wireless
setup is solely to communicate with a Hauppage Media MVP device in
another room (the Media MVP will be directly connected to the wireless
router to speak with the computer, which both a wireless NIC and a wired
NIC).

Here's the problem:

I can connect to the wireless router no problem and I can communicate
with my wired LAN no problem. *BUT* when both connections are active, I
can't access the Internet. I am positive the wireless connection is
taking precedent when establiching the default route to any outside
address I'm trying to access. If I disable the wireless connection, no
rpoblem, Internet, beautiful. If I enable the wireless connection, I
can access other computers on my LAN using IP addresses, I can connect
to the wireless router using an IP address, but I can't connect to the
Internet.

Is there a way to force the default route on XP? Is there another fix?
I tried all kinds of different ideas, like using common subnets for
both the wired and wireless connections, settingetc., and nothing works.

Thanks,

p
 
In <[email protected]>, on 03/30/05
at 10:30 AM, pawn <[email protected]> said:


I have an XP machine (Home edition) that is wired to my home ethernet
LAN. The LAN shares an Internet connection through a linux router box I
set up.
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I have now purchased a wireless router (D-Link DI 624), as well as a
wireless NIC for the machine above. The intent of this new wireless
setup is solely to communicate with a Hauppage Media MVP device in
another room (the Media MVP will be directly connected to the wireless
router to speak with the computer, which both a wireless NIC and a wired
NIC).
Click to expand...
Here's the problem:
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I can connect to the wireless router no problem and I can communicate
with my wired LAN no problem. *BUT* when both connections are active, I
can't access the Internet.
Click to expand...

The simple solution I would try is to set up the wireless router (with DHCP first) to be the router for your inhouse lan. Make it work. Then connect that router to connect to the internet modem as per its instructions & all workstations should share the internet also.
 
slim said:
In <[email protected]>, on 03/30/05
at 10:30 AM, pawn <[email protected]> said:






The simple solution I would try is to set up the wireless router (with DHCP first) to be the router for your inhouse lan. Make it work. Then connect that router to connect to the internet modem as per its instructions & all workstations should share the internet also.
Click to expand...

Not so simple considering I would have to purchase wireless NIC's for 5
machines. :)

Thanks.

p
 
No worries, I found out how to change the default "metric" on the
wireless nic to an arbitrarily high number, problem solved.

p
 
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