Can a wireless network speak to a wired network

[eflat]

So I have this home network, all going through a router.

Two computers are wirelessly connected and one is wired directly through ethernet.

However I can only get the two wireless ones to see eachother.. I'm retarded and wired computer should work with the wireless, right?

 

[JackMDS]

Wireless is just a replacement to wire.

Therefore, from a network perspective it does not matter what ever is On is on the Network.

Successful Sharing involves some general consideration in Network settings, http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html

As well as specific adjustment of each computer according to what is allowed to be shared.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304040

 

[Madwand1]

Do you have a wireless router?

If not:

I guess you have two separate networks, and are basically hoping that they'll discover each other.

The better way is to get a wireless router and set it up as a router or just as an access point wired to your wired network, and then connect the wireless devices to that. This way the router / AP are the parts which connect the two different parts of the network -- as they're supposed to -- not your computers themselves performing some routing / bridging.

 

[bluestrobe]

Originally posted by: CitizenDoug
So I have this home network, all going through a router.

Two computers are wirelessly connected and one is wired directly through ethernet.

However I can only get the two wireless ones to see eachother.. I'm retarded and wired computer should work with the wireless, right?

Please don't say you are only using "My Network Places" or "Network Neighborhood" to try to see the other computer.

 

[eflat]

Do you have a better idea?

 

[bluestrobe]

open my computer and type "\\computername" into the text bar without the ". MNP and NN are bloated and unreliable in the best cases.

 

[HKSturboKID]

Also check the settings on the WFW to permit your LAN subnet.