How do I get my wireless access point to work with my existing router?

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New to this site but can help people who want to print through their wireless laptop.

1. get the IP address of the system to which the Printer is connected if it is shared through a system connected to Router (Dont forget to share the printer)

2. In the wireless laptop please use the search option and search for "computers on the network" (Option in Windows XP). Enter the IP address of the system which is connected to the router and printer both. You will find the system you are looking for. double click the system appeared in the search box. You will find the shared printer. Install the drivers and you are all set to print wireless.

I have a linux router/firewall that I built myself that is connected to a cable modem. Off of the linux firewall I have it it connected to a simple 10baseT hub. Rather than go through all the trouble of finding a wireless card and the drivers for the linux machine I would like to buy a simple access point that I can connect the 10baseT hub.

What is a good cheap access point that I could use in this configuration that anyone would recommend?

Thanks

i use wireless router and use two laptops which both work one laptop is far from wireless router and signal level is very low and i have bought 2 d-link acces point to extend range can some one help how i can connect them up

Hey Guys i need your help is there any way you can use a wireless router to gain access to an existing network outside of your home and if there is email me how can i grab the signal from the air with my router?

I have kind of the same question. How do I get my wireless access points (linksys 4 port routers)to work with my existing router (2wire router configured within an internal network -- block of addresses 192.168.x.1 -- 192.168.x.255 that are routed to a static ip)? Note: I want the wireless router to be able provide internet services but not internal network services (the wireless would be for visitors). Please help!!

I have a 3com Home Network Ethernet Hub 10mbps with connections to 1 x xp and 2 x 98se systems, one of which controls internet access through a broadband modem. I have a laptop with xp that I have been wiring into the hub and it works fine. However, it came with a 11g usb adapter and I would like to use that sometimes.

The Linksys Wireless-G Access Point is pretty cheap at £30 and the specs seem fine:
* IEEE Draft 802.11g Supports Data Rates up to 54Mbps
* Backwards Compatible with Existing IEEE 802.11b Devices
* Setup Wizard for Easy Installation
* Supports 64/128-bit WEP Encryption
* Built-in Web-based Utility for Easy Configuration from any Web Browser
* Firmware Upgradeable through Web Browser
* Supports Wireless Bridging, MAC Address Filtering, and Event Logging
* Set up a high-speed Wireless-G (draft 802.11g) network in your home or office
* Data rates up to 54Mbps -- 5 times faster than Wireless-B (802.11b)
* Also interoperates with Wireless-B networks (at 11Mbps)
* Advanced wireless security with 128-bit

Can you comment on this combination?

Will I have any problem switching back and forth between wired and wireless?

hi leo

i have a cable isp into a linksys wireless router and my desktop pc connected to port 1 of 4 on that router internet access is fine. my laptop works wirelessly into this router no problem. question?
how do i add/allow a access point (wireless router 2) to see my linksys router and therefore stream of the desktop pc

how can i get the password for a Wireless LAN Access Point Web-Based Utility ? In other way how can i hack it...

have a linksys wireless/wired router....can connect to internet wireless through it to access internet, but cannot access shared files or printers using it...checked ip address, gateway address, workgroup name, all correct, stoped the firewall on all cpus involved with connect to printer, no go...something about permissions...have all xp machines except 1 win 98...bothe computer involved with sharing are xp machines...but no luck...what next?

Hi
I've got a cable modem cannecting by wire to a DLink DI604 router. This in turn is connected to my PC by wire. All working fine & get the net. I also have a WAG302 access point connected to the wired router.
The router is doing just fine assigning IP addresses to the PC & the AP. I also have an xbox360 with which I want to communicate wirelessly via the AP. So here's the problem..
The xbox can see the AP & it can see it. in the log on the AP I can see that it's authenticated the device.
In turn, the router sees that there is a new device and lists the mac address of the xbox, but in the log on the router the DHCP server has not leased an IP to it.
I'm guessing that the AP is not passing the xbox through to the router, or if it is, the router isn't seeing that it needs to assign it an IP. I've tried fixing static IP's and everything & I just can't get the xbox to connect to the pc :(
Any ideas?
Thanks!

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