I have been using 4 computers connected with wires and a 5th connected wirelessly to a Linksys router. Everything has been working fine. Today I had to mess with it. Instead of having both a desktop and laptop in the kitchen, I wanted to move the desktop down to the basement office. I also wanted to bring the router up out of the garage into the living room to get a better signal, so I bought a Linksys workgroup switch. All the rooms are wired to a central location in the garage. My internet is provided through a gateway in my living room. Here is the how they are connected:
Thanks,
Dave
- The phone company supplies the DSL to the gateway in the living room.
- From the gateway I have one wire going to the router in the living room. This way I can use its firewall and I have good signal strength.
- A wire goes from the router to the switch in the garage.
- All the computers are wired into the switch.
- The computer is unhappy that it got moved to the basement. It is jealous of the new laptop so it is acting up.
- I might have given it a static IP address years ago. Would adding the switch effect this?
Thanks,
Dave
