I am trying to set up 2 laboratories and I have a question about networking. I do not have enough ethernet ports to supply all of the computers in one lab so I purchased a wireless router. The problem is that I want to share a printer to the computers in all labs but computers plugged into the router are on a different network than the computers that aren't. Is there a way for me to fix that? Could there be some way with changing what router (mine or the university's) assigns ip addresses? I heard something about tunneling through to other networks?
All but one of the computers are using Windows XP and the printer is currently networked through a computer but that might change soon to a print server so it plugs directly into the network.
EDIT: I'm not sure if this would be easier but all I really need is for a file and print server to be able to reached by computers in both labs. Is there a way to tunnel from one network into another in order to make this work? Most computers will be connected in the same network but 2 to 3 won't.
All but one of the computers are using Windows XP and the printer is currently networked through a computer but that might change soon to a print server so it plugs directly into the network.
EDIT: I'm not sure if this would be easier but all I really need is for a file and print server to be able to reached by computers in both labs. Is there a way to tunnel from one network into another in order to make this work? Most computers will be connected in the same network but 2 to 3 won't.
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