Picking wireless over Local area network. HELP

[n19htmare]

Heres the situation.
We have DSL setup (2Wire wireless modem), all the computers are hooked up to the internet via wireless USB adapters. Internet works fine, But we want to network our computers to our Officejet printer which has a Jetdirect card. I'm using a linksys router with 4 port switch (all i have available right now). Heres the situation, When I hook up the network cable from the router into the network card, my internet won't work. It's using the local area network card to go on the internet. When I disable the Netword card, internet works because then it goes back to using the wireless.
my question is, how can i make the wireless to be default but still have the network card enabled so i can hook it up to the printer.


Thanks
mo

 

[vi edit]

You should be able to browse the web wirelessly AND print to a wired printer. There's something not configured properly in the print server.

Your router should have a DHCP pool of something like 192.168.0.2-192.168.0.50

Configure your print server to be 192.168.0.200 or something along those lines. Then just set up a network printer and print to it over the wireless connection.

Your print controller must have an address conflicting with a leased address on the router.

 

[n19htmare]

I dont think i was too clear about explaining the problem.
Lets give it another shot at it.

Under my network connections, i have the wireless connection and Local Area Connection (LAC). The LAC is connected to the switch (linksys router), which is connected to the printer. I have configured the printer to use 192.168.1.110.
NOW, the wireless in enable and the LAC is disabled, and I can browse the internet just fine but can't print because the LAC is disabled. IF i enable the LAC, I can print just fine, but now I can't browse the net because the computer is now using the LAC to get on to the internet. I wanna be able to use the LAC for printing and have wireless internet.
If both the enabled the computer is using the LAC for printing and the internet, but the Router/switch is not configured for the net.

THE Jetdirect is built into the HP4050 color laserjet. A network cable is going from the printer to one of the ports on the switch, then another cable is going to the network card on the computer.

does that make any sense?

 

[Fardringle]

If the JetDirect is configured properly and plugged in to one of the LAN ports on the router, then all of your computers should be able to print to it whether they are connected to the router wired or wireless.

 

[n19htmare]

there still seems to be some confusing because i wasnt clear enough.

I have two routers. One is a 2Wire DSL cable/router. this is being used to go on the internet. There are 3 comptuers, each has a Wireless USB card that is configured to the 2Wire modem. All three are on the internet.

NOW..... lets add a second router, the Linksys wireless router w/ 4 ports. SO now there are two routers but Idont want to use the Linksys for internet, just wanna use it as a HUB for the printer.
I wired my computer to the linksys, which is wired to the printer. BUT when i enable the Local area connection (LAC) on the computer, the internet doesnt work but I can print just fine.
It's like the computer is trying to acess the internet via the LAC. but it should be connecting to the internet via the wireless.

any ideas?

 

[vi edit]

Why make it so hard? I'd ditch the second router and just use the one from your ISP.

If it only has one ethernet port on it, buy a $10 4 port hub and run a crossover cable from the modem to the hub and plug the printer into the hub.

Two routers just makes for double the trouble.

 

[n19htmare]

can i buy a hub and connect it directly to the printer and the connect the computers into that hub? or will I have the same problem?

THank

 

[vi edit]

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[whalen]

Assign a static IP address to the NIC, and dont enter a gateway. Whats probably happening is you have two default gateways and the one on the wired nic's network is taking over.