OT: Wireless network questions, know there are some network gurus here... Options

[blitZ]

I have a wireless network in my house, works great. My son has moved to our basement, two floors down from where the my router is, so don't want to run a cable. I picked up an access point, thinking I could attach a switch to it so multiple devices can connect. I want to connect his xBox and PC. Apparently, it's only possible to connect one device directly to the AP, the switch doesn't work.

The access point works fine on the xBox.

Any ideas on a simple solution?

[SirAndy]

Any ideas on a simple solution?

does the AP support DHCP? does it connect to your wiresless by DHCP? if so, you need to configure the two to use different IP networks, they can't both use the same.

if the AP is single IP only, you're out of luck. you need something that supports an IP range. any good router does that these days, so it's probably just a configuration issue.


oh, and btw., take all that wireless stuff of yours and give it the float test! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif)

then, buy some cat6 cable and run real wires. you'll thank me later ...
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/type.gif) Andy