Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / November 2005

Hi,

I'm wondering whether there is a special mac newsgroup for network
problems or whether I can ask here...
Just in case - here is my problem:

I'm trying to get my powerbook (Tiger) to communicate with my Risc Pc
and a win xp machine.
To make things complicated I have this in mind:

They all communicate fine through my Elink wired router. But I want to
add a netgear wireless router which I only want to run as needed (I know, I
should have bought an access point). However...

- do I connect the wireless Netgear router as if it were another
computer? When I do this, I have the network but the internet dies very
quickly.
(here I can ping everything from everywhere).

- or do I connect the Netgear wireless router as if my DLink router
were the dsl-modem? If I do this the Internet is stable but I can't get
the network.
(here the only ping that works is from the win pc to the risc os
machine).

And: at the moment both routers have the same IP. Maybe that is what is
wrong? (I tried automated installation  which left this as it was).

Is the fault in the wiring? In the setup of one or the other router? In
the setup of the network? Lots of possibilities for endless fiddling...

I wonder, what I have to do that both, internet and network are happy
and I can still switch the wireless of if I want to and continue
working with the network...

Thanks for advice,
Johannes