On 1/18/06, Barry Yu <barryyu-cts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In the office there is already an existing LAN with 6 desktop machine 1 > dns server / dhcp server / gateway, ip address range 10.1.10.110 ~ > 10.1.10.240, connection of entire LAN is by cable with a switch box, > every machine is working fine. > Now I want to add a Linksys router WRT54G in the office to enable 2 more > laptops ( or more than 2) equipped with built-in wireless network card > for the network, how ever, these laptops can only go to the Internet and > communicate with other wireless laptop in the same wireless group (Same > ssid), but can't communicate with those wired desktops, the way I > connect the wireless router is : With a cat 5 cable one end connects > from the Internet port of router and the other end goes to one of the > port in the switch box ( Where all desktops are connected). I would > imagin that unless all of the desktop each adds a wireless network card > to enable them to join the wireless network group, otherwise 2 different > network segments can't communicate at all - Can anyone give some ideas > how to make the wireless group to join the wired group? > Don't make the WRT54G a dhcp server. Use the one that you already have for your wired network.