wireless network bridge, router, xp and linux query

Hello all, not another newbie I hear you ask yourselves, yes afraid so I
reply, one with a bit of a problem and I was reccomended to ask here so
here goes...

I am looking to add a linux sat receiver to my current wireless network
at home.

The sat receiver is a TM-9100 and it has the ability to change IP
address to whatever you want/ need.

Basically I want to connect a gaming adaptor with a short ethernet
cable to the TM-9100 so I can access the hard drive on the 9100 via my
wireless network, there is one ethernet connection on the 9100.

Yesterday I aquired a Belkin Wireless G Gaming Adapter F5D7330UK, my
router is a Linksys WAG300N with 3 laptops connected via wireless. The
IP of the router is 192.168.1.1, the laptops are set at 192.168.1.51,
192.168.1.52 and 192.168.1.53 and are all running Windows XP home.

The Gaming adaptor has a 'out of the box IP' 192.168.2.225. I did
change the IP of the gaming adaptor to 192.168.1.100 in the beginning,
but it still would not work.

I tried channels 8, 10 and 11 at various times, I made sure all the
wireless units were on the same channel each time.

I previously had my 9100 connected via a crossover cable direct to
laptop with IP 192.168.1.51 and it connected to the internet no
problem.

Now my dilema, I want to connect the gaming adaptor to my 9100 with a
short cable, but, when I was trying it out last night I could only
connect to either the router or the adaptor, but not both together.

I did try changing the ip address of the adaptor and 9100 but it didn't
work, at least I couldn't get it to work.

Does the adaptor need to be a different IP to the 9100 or the same? I
tried both and I couldn't get either one working. Initially I set the IP
on my 9100 to 192.168.1.10 (as suggested in the guide foe ease of
remembering) but have since changed it to various address's without
success.

For obvious reasons I want to keep the IP of my router and laptop as
they are now, so does anyone know what I should set the 9100 and gaming
adaptor IP's to?

Thanks in advance


------------------------------------------------------------------------
View this thread: http://www.wirelessforums.org/showthread.php?t=30211
http://www.wirelessforums.org