New to networking - Help please

[G18241]

have just got a wireless network, for desktop PC and a laptop...took me a while to get them working, but now internet is on both machines

only problem is, if the laptop is not on then i cannot connect to the internet on my desktop machine, without plugging the USB adaptor in the desktop

the laptop will need the USB adaptor as it will be used in other work places with a wireless network

any help please?

the router is a belkin and at the moment it has a network lead from the desktop, a power lead and the adsl lead in it

Cheers for help

 

[G18241]

gonna bump this back up, because we really need to get it sorted any ideas at all would be great, thanks

 

[csmager]

Sounds a bit strange.

So the setup is thus, as I see it:
Wireless ADSL Router --> Internet

Desktop is connected by CAT5 to the router.
Laptop is connected by wireless to the router.

Could you open a command prompt on both the laptop and the desktop and run 'ipconfig /all' and paste the results here?