Inability to access the rnet after adding 3rd computer in home net



Antonio
07-10-2005, 01:54 AM
Dear friends

I need some help on adding an additional computer to a home network.

At present, I have a Netgear WGR614 Wireless Router. Two computers are
connected to it. The main computer, a desktop is a Pentium IV 1.5 Ghz
computer connected via an Dlink NIC card with WIndows XP Professional
installed. The second computer, a Fujitsu laptop 2.4 Ghz 512 Mb computer is
connected wirelessly to the router with Windows XP Home installed . Both
computers can see each other fine and can connect to the internet with no
problems.

The problem came up when I added another computer to the set up. It is a
Celeron based computer with a Realtek NIC card with Windows XP Professional
installed. I connected it via the NIC card to the same router. It is able to
see the two other computers in the networkwhen I view network computers in My
Network Places. The main problem is the internet access. For some reason,
when I connected the third computer, my internet access through the first
desktop computer is pretty much gone! I can't access the internet. The third
computer can't seem to access the internet also. When I detach the lan cable
from the third computer from the router, the first computer accesses the
internet normally!

Question: What things should I be checking on the :

a. router settings
b. third computer settings
c. main computer settings
d. Possible conflicts

Any help would be highly appreciated.

Antonio


Inability to access the rnet after adding 3rd computer in home net