net help on route add

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I have a wireless router with IP address 192.168.2.1 with DHCP enabled. I have a wireless desktop client that was allocated 192.168.2.3 It is set for internet sharing and it's ICS provides 192.168.0.x addresses. These are all XP Pro systems.


AT&T DSL gateway (assigned 192.168.0.1 and I cant change it)
USR-Wireless 192.168.2.1
MyWiredLaptop 192.168.2.2
MyWirelessServer 192.168.2.3 interface1=USB wireless
MyWirelessServer 192.168.0.1 interface2=100BaseT
SomeWiredClient 192.168.0.138

They all can connect just fine to the internet, but I cannot access SomeWiredClient directly from MyWiredLaptop. I can use VNC (or remote desktop) to connect to MyWirelessServer and then from that desktop, connect to SomeWiredClient.

This should have worked:
route add 192.168.0.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.3

All it did was to prevent my laptop from accessing the AT&T Seimens modem.

I suspect the problem is that the ATT device is 192.168.0.1 and that conflicts with the same IP address that the wireless desktop server is using for its DHCP clients.

If I cant get this to work then I will have to buy one of those wireless print servers that allow computers to connect in addtion to printers.


...thanks..
 
I have a wireless router with IP address 192.168.2.1 with DHCP enabled. I have a wireless desktop client that was allocated 192.168.2.3 It is set for internet sharing and it's ICS provides 192.168.0.x addresses. These are all XP Pro systems.

AT&T DSL gateway (assigned 192.168.0.1 and I cant change it)
USR-Wireless 192.168.2.1
MyWiredLaptop 192.168.2.2
MyWirelessServer 192.168.2.3 interface1=USB wireless
MyWirelessServer 192.168.0.1 interface2=100BaseT
SomeWiredClient 192.168.0.138

They all can connect just fine to the internet, but I cannot access SomeWiredClient directly from MyWiredLaptop. I can use VNC (or remote desktop) to connect to MyWirelessServer and then from that desktop, connect to SomeWiredClient.

This should have worked:
route add 192.168.0.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.3

All it did was to prevent my laptop from accessing the AT&T Seimens modem.

I suspect the problem is that the ATT device is 192.168.0.1 and that conflicts with the same IP address that the wireless desktop server is using for its DHCP clients.

If I cant get this to work then I will have to buy one of those wireless print servers that allow computers to connect in addtion to printers.

..thanks..
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On MyWirelessServer, disable ICS, then create a network bridge between
the wireless and 100BaseT connections. That will combine the wireless
and wired networks into a single 192.168.2.x subnet. I've written a
web page with details:

XP ICS - Network Bridge
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/networkbridge.htm
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