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Anonymous asked in Computers & InternetComputer Networking · 1 decade ago

Home Office Network configuration question?

I have a cable internet connection that comes into my modem, my modem runs a cat 5 cable to a small hub. The Hub connects cat 5 to three PC's. One of the PC's has a printer on LPT1 and it is shared. All the PC's can print to the printer. Now I connect cat 5 from the hub to a wireless router. I have a laptop that is connecting to the wireless router and able to access the internet but I cannot get it to recognize the other PC's or print to the shared printer. Is it possible to do in this scenario? All PC's are running Windows XP.

Update:

All PC's are on the same workgroup.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The laptop is on a different subnet than the printer, because you added a router - you want just a wireless access point, not another level of address translation (which is what a router does).

    Connect to the router. Disable DHCP. Take the cable out of the WAN (or Internet) jack of the router and plug it into one of the numbered jacks. Your router is now a wireless access point, and it should work (once you add the printer to the laptop).

  • 1 decade ago

    Make sure that the laptop is on the same workgroup as your 3 pc's. and how you do that is by going into the system menu in your control panel and under the "Computer Name" tab, you will button that says "Change". Single left click on it and the workgroup name will be listed there. do the same thing on one of the pcs that your shared printer works and make sure that the workgroup name is the same name and you should be able to see all of the computers on your network and the printer.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Or you can connect in this way:\

    1. LAN port of Modem---WAN port of wireless router (configure the modem through web-based interface of wireless router---WAN configure of wireless router)

    2. Any one of the LAN ports of your wireless router----one port of your HUB

    3. You HUB-PC's and printer, just like what you are doing.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    frequently u can save wifi profiles with this guidance and enable which one u desire at will. living house abode windows has a instant configuration gadget which does this. additionally there are a selection of of 0.33 party ones (frequently then are presented with community taking area in enjoying cards).

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