Question : I want all computers on my LAN to be able to fileshare, currently only wireless users of each wireless router can fileshare

I have one ADSL broadband connection. I also have two wireless routers. Currently I can only form a filesharing LAN between wireless users using the same wireless router, the two routers -although one feeds the other - don't seem to be able to share a common LAN and any cabled PC's - although accessing internet fine - are left out of the filesharing LAN too.

I'd like some basic instruction as to how to setup my routers so that any device logging on any router be it with wireless or cable, would join a common poole or LAN that are all able to fileshare.

Any help gratefully received.

Dave.

Answer : I want all computers on my LAN to be able to fileshare, currently only wireless users of each wireless router can fileshare

This appears to be a home or a non-server (serverless) network. Assuming that to be true, set one router to be the master router. It needs only be a wired router. Log into the router and determine the DHCP range (it is probably something like 192.168.1.100 - 192.168.1.200).

Log into the wireless router, turn off DHCP on the wireless router. Plug a wire from a LAN (internal network) port on the wireless router to a LAN (internal network) port on the wired (main) router.

Set the IP addressing on the wireless router (where you set up external network) to a fixed address on the wired router (192.168.1.10 in the example above).

Now any connection (wired or wireless) should get the same range of IP addresses (192.168.1.101, 102, 103 etc.) Once you have confirmed this part, you can begin networking the computers.

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