I need help setting up a strange network at my house :)?

Question

I want the network to go like this, cabel modem from charter communications to a wireless router (this part works fine) then to go to my desktop pc threw wireless and from the desktop to a wired router to my xbox 360 and another computer. I have all supplies and LAN cables to make this happen so far but I cant get internet on my 360 or the other computer (i have internet connection on and the router is set with auto obtain ip and DHCP on) please help me figure out what settings i need to change to make this work :) I am fairly computer literate so I will probably figure out what you tech people are talking about :). It should be noted that if i connect the computer to the 360 or the computer individually the internet works on both but with the router (so I don't have to switch cables) it does not.

thanks in advance!

Zapperman

Answer 1

Wow... Okay. Wow.
You can do it if you really want to:
1) I recommend returning all the cables and using the money to buy a wireless bridge. BUT if you want to set it up just as you said:

World --> Modem --> Wireless --> PC --> wired --> xbox,

You need to configure all of this mess as follows, using static IP addresses.

Modem IP address. 192.168.1.1
Wirelss router 192.168.1.2

Get that working with the wireless router serving dhcp. then move on
Your wireless card on your computer as follows:
Static ip of 192.168.1.10
netmask 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.1.2

Now your wired card on your computer gets the following:
static IP 192.168.1.200
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.2

And lastly the xbox gets
staic 192.168.1.100
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway is 192.168.1.200

They key here is to set the xbox's default gateway as the PC's wired network connection.
It will be fiddly.

I highly recommend getting a bridge for $50 somewhere.

Answer 2

Just plug the wired router into your other router.