Two router network setup questions

[KeyserSoze1877]

Cable Modem
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Linksys router
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PC1 PC2 |
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Wireless Router
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WirelessPCs XBox LAN PC


Here's my question. I have everything setup correctly. All computers and ping each other and access the Internet just fine. Wireless is working perfectly. Everything is on the same subnet, 255.255.255.0 - the Linksys PCs are 192.168.1.0 IPs, the Wireless PCs are 192.168.62.0 IPs.

Like I said everything is working. However, I would like to get the PCs in the same workgroup, I am not on a domain. The Wireless PCs can see only the computers that are behind the wireless router. The Linksys computers can only see the other linksys computers in the workgroup browse. I can ping all IPs, but only the Linksys computers (PC1 and PC2) can resolve names for PC1 and PC2, but the wireless PCS can't resolve names at all. There is something I am missing, its no big deal since I can deal with Host files, but it would satisfy my curiousity.

Before it gets posted, I have two routers because they were cheap and I wanted to go wireless.

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Keyser Soze
"There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.

 

[dearingkr]

Without a DNS server or a Hosts file, you're not going to see the other devices.

Of course you could redesign your network...
Use the wireless router for everything. If you need more ports, disable DHCP on the Linksys and use it as an additional switch. LOL

MCSE CCNA CCDA

 

[bcastner]

. Disable DHCP on the wireless router
. Set the wireless router to Router and not Gateway as its default mode.
. plug from the wired router to the uplink regular LAN port on the wireless router. You do not use the WAN port of the wireless router.

Now all the workstations - wired and wireless - will be within the same DHCP scope assigned by the wired router, and in the same subnet.

An example:

http://www4.tomshardware.com/network/20030716/index.html

As a final note: the HOSTS file would not help you in this case. You would need an LMHOSTS file for each computer.

 

[KeyserSoze1877]

Yup, right after I posted this it came to me.
It's all good now, DNS, DHCP, got the encryption going...



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Keyser Soze
"There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.