Hey everyone,

I seem to be having some confusion over how I am going to set up my network at home. Basically how I am going to set the IP addresses is the confusing part for me. This network isnt too confusing but may be easier to draw on a piece of scrap paper to get the big picutre. I have a cable modem/router from road runner that has the address 192.168.0.1 and has DHCP turned on. The cable modem/router connects to 4 things (two pcs, a wireless g router, and a wireless b router). The wireless g router will be connecting to a desktop pc in my garage using a wireless g pci card. The wireless b router has one pc directly connected to it and communicates wirelessly to a laptop i own. I just need some suggestions/advice on how to get everything setup on the same network. I am looking to hook up the g portion of this network, but wanted some advice before i do so. Like i said the wireless b router is connected to the cable modem. The cable modem has an IP range of 192.168.0.10 - 192.168.0.13 (thats only 4 IPs) and a subnet mask of 255.255.240.0. Is there a way i can expand the my IP address range on my cable modem (provided by my ISP) or would it help to have the wireless b router handle the DHCP? Any advice would be more than helpful. The embedded picture is my network diagram. Please help me come up with an IP addressing scheme. I have a picture but have nowhere online to put the .gif so email me if u want to see

Bill Carinci

If you look at the back of the wireless g router you'll see one WAN port and (probably) 4 LAN ports. You have 2 PC clients to connect through Ethernet and 2 wireless laptop clients. Sooooo....

1. Connect the Wireless G router to the cable modem through its WAN port.

2. Connect the PCs to the wireless-G through the LAN ports.

3. Dump the wireless B router and pick up a Wireless G PCI adapter card for laptop#1.

Problem solved.