Conflict with my network setup--Help!

Hi Helpers,
I have a Windows unit, an iMac G5 and a MBP on my home Airport Extreme network.
1) When the MBP is connected to the net, the Windows unit won't work, but the iMac does.
2) Windows unit Works fine when MBP airport is turned off.
3) I can run the iMac and the MBP together.
4) When iMac airport is on, I can run Windows unit.
Any suggestions how I can get internet access with all 3 units? I'm thinking it is a problem with the MBP connection, but I don't have a clue what it could be.
iMac G5, MacBook Pro, Dell Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Fixed it! Turns out it was the Windows software.

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Today I moved my whole dual network setup to a more centrally located spot in the house. This has definitely improved the coverage of the 2 network bands (n & b/g).
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Can your clarify on your setup?
Do you think this is the best set up, or would you suggest doing it differently?
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The Extreme is in the other end of the house wirelessly extending.
I have it set up as a roaming network.
Do you think this is the best set up, or would you suggest doing it differently?
I have a Smart TV with hard drive connected and a Media Centre with an inbuilt 2TB SATA drive, which were connected to the Billion before getting the Airport things.. Is there a way that everyone in the house can access the files on the media centre?
I have an old Airport express A1088, can anything be done with it?!?!
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The Extreme is in the other end of the house wirelessly extending.
I have it set up as a roaming network.
A roaming network is one in which the Time Capsule and AirPort Extreme would be connected using a wired Ethernet connection.
Your setup cannot be a roaming network if.....The Extreme is in the other end of the house wirelessly extending.
Can your clarify on your setup?
Do you think this is the best set up, or would you suggest doing it differently?
A roaming network, with a wired Ethernet connection between wireless routers would be the best way to set up virtually any network, since there is no signal loss in a wire.....and a great deal of signal loss (and speed) in a wireless connection.
I have an old Airport express A1088, can anything be done with it?!?!
The old Express could be configured to create a wireless network if it were wired back to the Time Capsule.
It could also "join" the wireless network wirelessly for use with AirTunes....but it would not extend the wireless signal, since it does not have that capability.
In order to administer the older Express, you would need a Mac running Leopard, Snow Leopard, or a PC.
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Hi All,
I revisited my network problems (posted earlier) and everything is now working peachy.
My current setup:
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|--> Buffalo Linkstation
|--> wired computer
Ok. If I plugin to the linksys router I can see the Buffalo Linkstation (which is a shared NAS drive).
I can't however see the Buffalo via wireless. I am positive this is due to my configuration of the network - I DHCP (10.1.X.X) w/ the Airport Extreme and DHCP (192.168.X.X) with the Linksys. While technical, I don't mess with network configuration very often.
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gnash, Welcome to the discussion area!
Your problem is caused because you have 2 routers in your network. Therefore the wired computers are on a different subnet than the wireless computers.
One solution is to replace the Linksys router with a simple Ethernet switch or hub.
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Thank you lordstag!! worked perfectly
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Cornelius & Gerald......
Wanted to express my sincere appreciation in walking me thru this, offering your ideas and insight, but mostly your support....just knowing your real people (gentleman) that took a moment to offer what you could and were there with me thru the duration.......to me thats 'support'.
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It was one of those magical momets in life where you become drunk on inspiration....all the potential, all the images i could get inside and then real excitment imerged when realized that this wasn't just a media capture device but very sophiticated paint-photo retouch application. This was so new to me......my first ever computer exp was at 'kinkos' copy shop using the first MACs and i remember a simple way to add color by hand and maybe at that time i was impressed by that.......this was called Fauve-Matiste which i used before Photshop which if i remember that was something you went to commercial art school and then a ad agency to use the elite Adobe products........this was doing retouch right in my own home. I recall the brushes could mix and blend multiple colors paint, an effct i still havent seen in PS.
I remember adding space and stars around faces, making wild collages using various images i would blend and layer. The project that really affectd me was a still of the bus in the movie Speed where it crashes into the parked Jet. Seeing rear of the bus all surrounded by flames i gave my self an assignment to add smoke clean up blurlike im prepping for a poster........that was such a huge thing for me. I had became pretty good at real air-brushing, but this was so controlled, no changing messy paint, clean up or mistakes that are difficult to repair, in the PC you un-do things that don't work (theres time in real life i reach to UN-do a task and realize.....duh) So I knew computeres were special in some way, they could 'run things' like machines, robots......but home PC had some limitations and when your young and nieve the limits can be as simple as your knowledge of whats available. Video games didn't impress me cuz i have never seen a game that brings a group of people into it, always 1 player then another.....I would rather do something creative that where the music MIDI interface was the first 'wow' i felt.....then the capture and paint.
The reason im giving you this backstory is right at this point is where my creativity w/ painting/retouching captured stillsand my search for what else can i do w/this box led me to wanting to start editing these still projects into other creative projects. Keep in mind 'cable access has been around for several years and a great way to get exposer for any AV project you put some time into......considering all the cheezy crap i have seen on there I kick myself for not following thru. My biggest part of any creative endevour art or music, if no one else ever is exposed to it, no other feedback, its like the most important element is missing.
Thats when i began to put 2+2 together and see that video, moving pics are gonna be important, and other then COPS-MTV there wasn't the range of reality TV we have today. The reason thats important, some very smart people thought FILM based projects whether animation shorts or documentaries whatever would always be the norm that VIDEO could never cut the mustard......and if you remember how bad early anolog video was, even Hi8 w/ pro lighting in the adult ent. could look pretty bad........so once DV entered and could be edited non-lin, OK the local news had good video quality but cost what over 100k and that old way of A/B roll was all changing. So my point was even though there were video cards for my old PC that actual footage would have been a few seconds........thats when i made the call !!!!!
The point for this yaking rant.
Instead of calling places that sell video gear (they sell you-what they want to)......i looked in the YP for companies that 'shoot-edit' produce professional video.........and thats when i heard those infamous words.
"People who do pro work use MACs'
Honestly at that timei had no real idea what made one diff from a PC. I new that this thing called Pentium was gonna be big, but i ask around about using PC for video and never got the feeling like they were made for that even though some apps claimed they could work......i remember some guy talking about [Jen-lock] which i think is what the news uses for editing, it doesn't capture ALL the footage, more like 2 videocams pluged into a VCR can do simple edits and i did make a few of my first video projects that way and that was cool........but the person at the video production who made it clear that MAC is the only way to go if your serious also mentioned that there are 2 new developments that are a huge deal.....1st being the G4 ready for video w/ Firewire and then the application designed for it Final Cut Pro. All you need is a DV cam w/ a FW port and you'll be set kid.
Of course i had no idea what any of this meant or how it would change and dominate the next several years of my life. But for all the times i never listened when i should have, this time i felt i new something that i should keep in mind........so when my father who became ill and needed a care ctr decided to give me and my sisters a substatial some money i wanted to make a smart decision, not blow it on a car or trip or whizz it away on chasin girls, he said to me why not go to some tek school for video, get a degree. That sounded like a great idea make him proud in his final years, so i called that same guy up and asked a few more questions trusting his insight.> He told me that first off the teachers won't know this application, they will be learning it as you do, and it would be unlikely they will have the newer G4s......which means you spend all your cash........you now will learn at the pace the instructer does, he might have great knowledge on camera operation and lighting, but that can be learned other ways. Then if you don't live on or near campus you will always be fighting for MAC time probably on the older G3 and the most important thing you can do is spend time w/the proper gear. Sure being around other creative students who have passion and talent is very important, just like having access to real pros who know the biz old school........but if you have either or........invest in your own gear, you add a 3chip Canon DV to that setup and a few other things you willhave your own Digital Editing Suit that you can learn at your own pace and have access 24/7.......while those guys are fighting for time like a laundry mat you will master the basisin no time and then get to the place where its 'your creativity' that counts......you put that on your demo reel and if you've got it......that degree won't matter. Sure if you can do both, own your DVE and also have the class atmosphere cuz your gonna need people to help in your productions.......but if your excited and motivated you should be able to find plenty of people to work with.....hang around that class and any others to make contacts, but own your own gear. While they are paying back school loans you will be able to charge for your services.
So thats my story i wanted to share with you guys and how ultimatly even w/o class mates to learn with......having a 'world' of fellow MAC users who are kind helping and loyal to not only their MAC of choice but the apple community and support friends they have never met but share a unique kinship in the elegance of what can this sleek machine add to our lives......and if we need help or ideas there someone out there has gone thru what you have.......and that almost always means it leads to some kind of success.
Anyway i would really like to hear what projects you guys work on.....what led you to being loyal to MAC or experience's that made it clear your glad you did........and are the current MACs still special compared by speed-power-reliabilty-ease of use ?
So again thanks for that support.......comcast wanted $150 plus $5 a month stating i would need their support........thast just too much for a simple router i found for $19........and w/ your help go it going.....having no support, no MAC community is when i feel overwhelmed and that steels my creativity away, so that why i shared allthis........i shows how important you all our.
so thanks again.........share a bit yourself......i look forward to it.
-dave

Re: Lorex Security Camera with Linksys WRT320n Setup Help

I setup a Lorex security camera system that allows for to view them via remote acces. I am able to view them through the local network but not via outside network connection. I believe lies within the network settings that i have in place. I have tried to apply the port forwarding settings but still not able to. If someone has this type of system setup or know where to point me I would appreciate the help. The default web port is 80 and the TCP port 6100.

1) I assume that you have set your security camera to a fixed (static) LAN IP address -- is this correct?
2) And that you are forwarding the appropriate port to that address -- is that correct?
Rules for using fixed LAN IP addresses on Linksys routers:
With Linksys routers, a fixed (static) LAN IP addresses must be assigned in the device that is using the address. So you need to enter the fixed address in the computer , printer, or camera, not in the router. This is the best way to assign a fixed LAN IP address. In your WRT320N, there is an alternative method --- you could use the "DHCP reservation" method to assign your camera the same fixed LAN IP address each time you boot up your network.
When using a Linksys router, normally, any fixed LAN IP address must be outside the DHCP server range (typically 192.168.1.100 thru 192.168.1.149), and it cannot end in 0, 1, or 255. However, if you are using "DHCP reservation" your camera's address should be within the DHCP server range.
Therefore any fixed LAN IP address would normally need to be in the range of
192.168.1.2 thru 192.168.1.99 or
192.168.1.150 thru 192.168.1.254
assuming you are still using the default DHCP server range.
Also, in the computer, when you set up a static LAN IP address, you would need to set the "Subnet mask" to 255.255.255.0 and the "Default Gateway" to 192.168.1.1 and "DNS server" to 192.168.1.1
It is also important that no two devices on your network be set to the same static LAN IP address.
Also note that many cameras cannot use the proxy DNS server located at 192.168.1.1 . In this case, enter your true Internet DNS server address (found in the router) into you camera.
Message Edited by toomanydonuts on 10-11-2009 03:27 AM

Small Office Network Setup Help

Hi folks,
We are renting a small office in a floor which consists of many offices. The way internet is distributed here is, they have a verizon fios router and a couple of unmanaged switch, from which cables are run to offices for internet. One of the port on a switch is dedicated to our office.
In our office we have 6 computers and a network printer. The computers need to share files with each other and be able to print.
We want to isolate our office network from others. When we use an unmanaged switch, the version router dhcp assigns ip addresses to computers and we are able to access the internet. The verizon local ip is: 192.168.1.xxx. But we can also see computers that are of other offices, which means they can see us.
How do we create a separate network? Say we want to use IP 192.168.10.XXX or 10.0.0.xxx. We just bought a 24 port managed (L2) switch.
Thanks

Hello, rjbm_exact.
You definitely need a managed switch and a Cisco Small Business (200 or 300 series) can meet your requirements. You can setup separate VLAN to segregate user access level. Are you also looking at expanding your wireless (guest access)?
Let me know if you need more assistance or e-mail ([email protected]) me directly. Kind regards.

Best network setup help

Good day everyone!
I read some posts here on some concerns with DSL modem/router w/ Airport extreme and would like to ask for the best setup.
Here's the setup.
ISP provided:
1. DSL modem- DHCP is set to OFF
2. DSL modem is currently using 192.168.1.1 for web configuration/administration
3. DSL speed is close to 2MB
4. Static IP address is 124.107.19.7
5. DSL connects using PPPoe
Internal network:[airport extreme Gigabit, base]
1. Airport base is set for DHCP
2. Dlink gigabit switch connected to airport's Gigabit ethernet
3. 3 Macpros connected to Dlink
4. 2 maclaptops connected to airport base using airport
just last night, I connected my DSL to the WAN port of airport extreme and took a while before all computers can connect.
the speed is not that stable..
I was thinking of assigning a static IP to the clients[macpros,laptops]
Would it be better to connect DSL modem to Airport's giga ethernet port instead of WAN port?
Would it be better if DSL modem assigns IP to Airport extreme? and to clients?
Here's what I want to do.
1. Connect DSL modem to WAN port
2. Airport extreme assigns IPs[DHCP]
3. Assign a static IP to all clients except the laptop[laptop will receive an IP from Airport's IP range]
4. Assign my router to the same network as Airport[10.0.1.XX][is this possible?]
Please let me know your thoughts and recommendations.
I want to make full use of the 2MB DSL speed.
Lastly,, is it possible to usb hub for connecting more than 1 printer?
Thanks guys!!

My current setup seems ok. Thanks anyways!

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