Windows networking over several networks

[Kotu]

Ive got 4 computers that I want to be able to see over my wireless network. I had issues with 2 of the computers though, firstly, ive had 6! usb wireless devices fail in one (ie, they work for a few days then stop working), the other is a shuttle with a PN18 wireless device, this has very low signal strength (been replaced twice as well) and crashes when used for more than light browsing (loses connection, reboot required to get it live again).

So what I have been left with at the moment, is 2 laptops connected via wireless to a router, each of these laptops is then wired to a desktop computer with internet connection sharing used to router the computers to the internet.

The problem is, neither of the 2 wired pcs can see anything on the local network apart from the laptops they are connected through (I guess this is because they have a different ip address)

The IP address setup is:

192.168.1.254 - router
192.168.1.100 - laptopA
192.168.1.50 - laptopB
192.168.0.1 - laptopA (wired to C)
192.168.0.1 - laptopB (wired to D)
192.168.0.2 - Desktop Computer C
192.168.0.2 - Desktop Computer D

so what can I do to make Desktop Computer D see laptop A or Computer C?

Thanks for any advice.

 

[Deleted member 58846]

If your not in a corporate network then just give all laptops/desktops/devices a 192.168.1.xxx address.

 

[Kotu]

the windows internet connection sharing forces the 2 laptops to use 192.168.0.1 with 255.255.255.0 subnet.

 

[Sp00n]

so use 0.x ?

 

[Deleted member 58846]

the windows internet connection sharing forces the 2 laptops to use 192.168.0.1 with 255.255.255.0 subnet.

why are you using ICS? ....... One job of a router is so you dont need to use ICS on a network.

Use switches / Routers.

 

[oddjob62]

Stick wireless cards in the computer C and D and get them to connect via wireless.

 

[Kotu]

they are both shuttles without free pci slots. I don't really want to waste more money on usb ones either.

 

[csmager]

You need to get rid of ICS. Ideally, you ought to connect the PCs directly to the router - it'll get rid of A LOT of headaches.

If you must do what you're doing, Network Bridging is what you're after. A quick google threw this up, but I'm sure there's plently of other decent pages:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/crawford_02april22.mspx

 

[Kotu]

the Bridging did the trick thanks, now the 2 isolated PCS are picking up their own ip address via DHCP from the wireless router.