Hi. I'm a programmer, but I'm pretty hopeless when it comes to the network
side of things, so this is probably a pretty simple question for most of
you out there, I just want to be pointed in a direction before I start
exploring things!
We have a wired router at home connected to our cable modem. We also have
a wireless access point (currently an Airport Express, but will probably be
replaced with something else easier to interface with PCs that doesn't need
special software to configure) plugged into the router.
The wired computers are in a workgroup and can access the internet through
the router gateway and see each other and share data, where we've given
them firewall permission to do so. The wireless computers can also see
each other and can access the internet through the router gateway.
My problem is that the wired computers can't see and share data with the
wireless ones, and vice-versa.
This has only been a mildly annoying problem until recently. We've bought
an HP multifunciton printer/scanner/fax, etc. which we have connected
wirelessly. Again, the other wireless computers can see the HP, but the
wired ones can't.
I'm assuming that I can probably bridge the two connections somewhere in
the massive settings available from the router... it's a Netgear with an
awful lot of things that can be set.
But I just want to confirm that I'm moving in the right direction here
before I begin messing with settings on the router... and exactly what sort
of thing am I looking for? A section that talks about bridging
connections?
Perhaps I have to tweak some settings on the access point as well, in order
to get it to let the router assign IPs, etc.?
Any confirmation or pointing in the right direction on this would be
appreciated... and if anyone has advice on Airport Express specifically and
how to deal with it in this situation, all the better. I'd like to get this
setup using the Airport Express before we go out and buy something else and
make the Airport Express our traveling wireless access point!
