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| #1 By 352009 (123.201.244.195) at Tuesday, June 15, 2010 12:36:14 AM |
| Hey all, I'm new here and due to lack of any knowledge of terminology i cant really find what i'm looking for and thus i joined this forum to request you all to help me all. I've a small office setup with 8 computers all in a workgroup "XYZABC" these computers have just 1 lan card and are connected through a hub/swith having 8 ports. Now i've recently bought a laptop and i'd like to connect it to the same workgroup. But as my switch/hub is already full and all the wiring concealed, theres no scope for any more additions of any more computers through that route unless i redo the office again and get a bigger hub/switch. I was wondering if i could use just 1 computer out of the 8 and connect an additional lan card/ wifi router to it and connect my laptop to that computer and make that computer a "relay" to connect to the other computers in my workgroup. I'm sure there must be a way to do this but i couldnt succeed finding a way yet. I request you to kindly shed some light and give me a start here. Thanks And Regards Mohit |
| #2 By 655 (206.83.53.253) at Tuesday, June 15, 2010 10:13:49 AM |
| Best suggestion would be to use a wireless router with one connection to the hub, and have the laptop connect wirelessly. You could try your idea, however, keep in mind that you'll need to implement ICS (internet connection sharing) on both computers. ICS isn't always that reliable and requires the host computer to be on. ---------------------------------------------- Work is for people who don't know how to surf MacBook Pro 15" (Intel i5 2.40GHz), Gateway 15.4" Laptop, Windows Vista Ultimate , Photoshop CS5 |
| #3 By 352009 (123.201.244.167) at Wednesday, June 16, 2010 01:13:59 AM |
| [QUOTE]Originally Posted by Jedi Master: Best suggestion would be to use a wireless router with one connection to the hub, and have the laptop connect wirelessly. You could try your idea, however, keep in mind that you'll need to implement ICS (internet connection sharing) on both computers. ICS isn't always that reliable and requires the host computer to be on. [/QUOTE] Thanks for the reply.. so I'd have to buy a wifi adapter and a router and connect the router to the hub using the lan wire i'm presently using for computer and install a wifi adapter to this machine which lost the lan connection? Would this overload the hub in any way? because now effectively my hub would hold 9 connections? or does the data load just fall on the router for connecting 2 computers (1 laptop and 1 desktop) ? The problem with my relay way is that my desktop would have 2 network connections with 2 different IP addresses and i figure it'll turn ugly to manage to register both ips of the same comp to register under 1 workgroup. But These could be naive but i'm a complete newbie to this so thanks again for bearing with me. Regards Mohit |
| #4 By 655 (206.83.53.253) at Wednesday, June 16, 2010 07:25:52 AM |
| Your laptop doesn't have a wireless NIC built in? If not...how old is this laptop? One configuration would be to have the router as the main connection (i.e. have the cable/dsl modem connect directly to the router), then plug the hub into one of the open ports on the router. Most wireless routers come with four ethernet ports, so you could plug in the router to it. ---------------------------------------------- Work is for people who don't know how to surf MacBook Pro 15" (Intel i5 2.40GHz), Gateway 15.4" Laptop, Windows Vista Ultimate , Photoshop CS5 |
| #5 By 352009 (59.184.114.4) at Wednesday, July 07, 2010 02:40:39 AM |
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[QUOTE]Originally Posted by Jedi Master:
Your laptop doesn't have a wireless NIC built in? If not...how old is this laptop?
One configuration would be to have the router as the main connection (i.e. have the cable/dsl modem connect directly to the router), then plug the hub into one of the open ports on the router. Most wireless routers come with four ethernet ports, so you could plug in the router to it.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/7461106@N03/4770823686/
This is what my workgroup setup looks like as of now. I dont need internet connection on all desktops so i've used proxy to share the internet connection between 3 machines. All of them run on WinXP
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7461106@N03/4770184235/in/photostream/
Now, this is how i am planning to setup the wifi network and still be able to manage to keep the workgroup between all of the computers and the laptop. I have absolutely no clue as to how can i make the wireless router behave just like a hub/switch for comp7 and also make the laptop a part of the same workgroup.
Also Need the router to have access to the internet connection so that the same can be shared with the laptop. Can this structure work? My Laptop has a wifi adapter, I'm using Lenovo G560 with Win 7.
My workgroup ip domain is 192.168.100.?? so i'm guessing even the router and the laptop needs an ip in that domain? :S
I've never used a Wifi router before so I've got no clue.
Please Help.
Thanks And Regards
Mohit This post was last edited by mohitspamz on Wednesday, July 07, 2010 2:42:04 AM. |
| #6 By 364566 (122.176.45.107) at Thursday, July 08, 2010 06:09:26 AM |
| ow i've recently bought a laptop and i'd like to connect it to the same workgroup. But as my switch/hub is already full and all the wiring concealed, theres no scope for any more additions of any more computers through that route unless i redo the office again and get a bigger hub/switch. I was wondering if i could use just 1 computer out of the 8 and connect an additional lan card/ wifi router to it and connect my laptop to that computer and make that computer a "relay" to connect to the other computers in my workgroup. I'm sure there must be a way to do this but i couldnt succeed finding a way yet. _____________________________________________ [url=http://www.autopartsinc.com] Used Auto Parts [/url] | [url=http://www.autopartsinc.com] Used Car Parts [/url] ---------------------------------------------- proximity infotech 6 |
