How to join 2 diffeerent network segments

[Kam Leo]

On 1/18/06, Barry Yu <barryyu-cts at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> In the office there is already an existing LAN with 6 desktop machine 1
> dns server / dhcp server / gateway, ip address range 10.1.10.110 ~
> 10.1.10.240, connection of entire LAN is by cable with a switch box,
> every machine is working fine.
> Now I want to add a Linksys router WRT54G in the office to enable 2 more
> laptops ( or more than 2) equipped with built-in wireless network card
> for the network, how ever, these laptops can only go to the Internet and
> communicate with other wireless laptop in the same wireless group (Same
> ssid), but can't communicate with those wired desktops, the way I
> connect the wireless router is : With a cat 5 cable one end connects
> from the Internet port of router and the other end goes to one of the
> port in the switch box ( Where all desktops are connected). I would
> imagin that unless all of the desktop each adds a wireless network card
> to enable them to join the wireless network group, otherwise 2 different
> network segments can't communicate at all - Can anyone give some ideas
> how to make the wireless group to join the wired group?
>

Don't make the WRT54G a dhcp server. Use the one that you already have
for your wired network.