WLAN & WI-FI conflict

I have a home wireless LAN using a Linksys BEFW11S4 Ver. 3.0 setup for home
file sharing. The WLAN router is contected to the main computer via CAT cable
and wireless to my laptop. The main computer is also connected to the
internet via an external antenna to a WI-FI access point. The main computer
is setup for ICS. Both LAN's work great separately, but it appears that when
the home network is on that my web browser tries to access the internet via
the home LAN instead of the WI-FI. The WI-Fi is on channel 11 and the home
LAN is on Channel 2 and no signal problems seem to over ride one another. If
I replace the home LAN with a rev CAT cable interconnecting the computers,
everthing is fine. Is there a way to configure my setup so that the main
computer's ICS is only via the WI-FI??

Hi, "Jeepy" -

You have a classic routing issue, which can probably be fixed with a
properly configured set of network addresses, routes and default gateways.

Your computers will know what is directly connected to them on their local
segment from the IP address and netmask on their network interface. You add
routes to tell the systems where to send packets addressed to other segments
that are not local (directly connected). The Default Gateway tells the
computer where to send packets for "everything else", like the Internet.
Each computer should have only one default gateway.

Without knowing exactly how your network is wired and wirelessly connected
together - the topology - and what the addresses, netmasks, routes and
gateways you currently have set up are it is difficult to give you any
useful advice.

I would recommend either you get help from someone local who understands
networks and routing or that you take a look through some of the articles on
setting up networks and reconfigure yours similarly.

You may want to look at:

http://www.itcsg.com/Tech/Tech.shtml

and read through the articles on

Building a Wireless Small Office or Home Network
and
Building a Simple LAN

HTH,
--
WLW

"Jeepy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:B225E211-7A92-42C9-9188-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a home wireless LAN using a Linksys BEFW11S4 Ver. 3.0 setup for home
> file sharing. The WLAN router is contected to the main computer via CAT
> cable
> and wireless to my laptop. The main computer is also connected to the
> internet via an external antenna to a WI-FI access point. The main
> computer
> is setup for ICS. Both LAN's work great separately, but it appears that
> when
> the home network is on that my web browser tries to access the internet
> via
> the home LAN instead of the WI-FI. The WI-Fi is on channel 11 and the home
> LAN is on Channel 2 and no signal problems seem to over ride one another.
> If
> I replace the home LAN with a rev CAT cable interconnecting the computers,
> everthing is fine. Is there a way to configure my setup so that the main
> computer's ICS is only via the WI-FI??

Thanks Bill for your great reply. Further research has let me to the binding
order of network adapters of NIC. I am going to try to change the binding
order first and I'll let you know how I make out.
Jeepy

"Bill Whipple" wrote:

> Hi, "Jeepy" -
>
> You have a classic routing issue, which can probably be fixed with a
> properly configured set of network addresses, routes and default gateways.
>
> Your computers will know what is directly connected to them on their local
> segment from the IP address and netmask on their network interface. You add
> routes to tell the systems where to send packets addressed to other segments
> that are not local (directly connected). The Default Gateway tells the
> computer where to send packets for "everything else", like the Internet.
> Each computer should have only one default gateway.
>
> Without knowing exactly how your network is wired and wirelessly connected
> together - the topology - and what the addresses, netmasks, routes and
> gateways you currently have set up are it is difficult to give you any
> useful advice.
>
> I would recommend either you get help from someone local who understands
> networks and routing or that you take a look through some of the articles on
> setting up networks and reconfigure yours similarly.
>
> You may want to look at:
>
> http://www.itcsg.com/Tech/Tech.shtml
>
> and read through the articles on
>
> Building a Wireless Small Office or Home Network
> and
> Building a Simple LAN
>
> HTH,
> --
> WLW
>
> "Jeepy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:B225E211-7A92-42C9-9188-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have a home wireless LAN using a Linksys BEFW11S4 Ver. 3.0 setup for home
> > file sharing. The WLAN router is contected to the main computer via CAT
> > cable
> > and wireless to my laptop. The main computer is also connected to the
> > internet via an external antenna to a WI-FI access point. The main
> > computer
> > is setup for ICS. Both LAN's work great separately, but it appears that
> > when
> > the home network is on that my web browser tries to access the internet
> > via
> > the home LAN instead of the WI-FI. The WI-Fi is on channel 11 and the home
> > LAN is on Channel 2 and no signal problems seem to over ride one another.
> > If
> > I replace the home LAN with a rev CAT cable interconnecting the computers,
> > everthing is fine. Is there a way to configure my setup so that the main
> > computer's ICS is only via the WI-FI??
>
>
>