networking setup question?

Question

hi,

im trying to help a friend set up a network, he has:

1 desktop pc inside
1 router/modem with adsl

1 wirless acces point/lan
1 laptop

the desktop is connected to the router and the adsl works fine oh and its using windows xp pro, the wirless lan is also connected to the desktop

the laptop is running windows vista, the latop detects the the wirless lan, but nothing happens, is it possible to get the internet on the laptop too?

anyhelp would be answome, i think its the ip address settings that need to be configured, but not sure how???

thanks so much! :)

Answer 1

His wireless access point should connect to the router and get its address from the router. If the access point has DHCP capablities also, turn them off (the router should be the DHCP server -- this assigns the IP addresses for all the internal network.)

Connect the desktop machine to a second port on the router.
Let the laptop connect to the AP.
*This is easier to setup when the AP and Router are in the same piece of hardware but it works the same even with seperate parts.

The workgroup on each machine needs to be set to the same workgroup. Then share whatever folders need to be shared and you should then have a working LAN.

Answer 2

Should be something like this:

PC-------Router---------Modem
/
/
Laptop

Make sure that the router is setup to hand out ip addresses via DHCP.

Check your encryption settings for the router and match them on the laptop.

Answer 3

goto wireless lan properties...

make the ip address as dynamic and ...

u have to map the physical address of the laptop to the wirelless lan setup...

if u want more help follow this link

http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&q=wireless+lan+setup&meta=