AboutScottgem Expertise Most general questions on LANs, especially home networks. Some admin and design issue.
Experience I've been an IT Professional for more then 16 years. I've accumulated a larege store of knowledge that allows me to answer a wide variety of IT related questions.
I have 10Mb Broadband, which i have plugged into a 10/100mb 5 port Linksys switch. This switch feeds two paths. The first is to my 54Mb Wireless Access Point - which two laptops connect wirelessly to. The second path is to my other 20 port switch upstairs. This facilitates my PC, Xbox360 & PS3.
Now, my problem is that i can never get more than 2 out of the 5 devices connected at any one time. I can have the 2 laptops connected wirelessly, no problem. Or my latop and the 360 connected. Or my pc and 360 etc etc (ye get the idea). If i want to connect a different device, i have to turn off&on the power to the routers/switches and then turn on the 2 devices i want to use, so they can get a valid ip address... instead of the usual 192.168.1.xx
When the other devices try to connect, they get a connection - but can't access the internet (or ping websites). I think it's something to do with DNS or DHCP - but i'm not too sure.
Any help would be much appreciated!!
Thanks.
Answer I don't see any routers! A WAP is not a router. What you should do is replace the WAP with a router that is connected directly to your broadband modem (if you want to save $$$ you can get a wired router and plug the WAP into that.
If you want your devices to have a public IP put it in a DMZ within the router config.
