Wireless networking issue

[Stevem627]

I have a new Toshiba laptop and I got a free SMC cardbus network card to go with it. Problem is that the card configures itself as 164.xxx.xxx.x and my D-Link 614+ wireless router needs 192.168.xxx.xxx. SO i set up the card as a fixed IP adress and was told my SMC to set the 192.168.0.1 router ID as a gateway. I can see the interenet but can't see my local network this way. If I use the built in LAN adapter everyhting is fine so I know the network name/config are right. Ay ideas?

 

[ktwebb]

That's not a wireless issue. It's a windows networking issue. By "see your local network" you mean Network Places. That's mistake number one but if you must then you might go back to getting dynamic IP's from your router. That doesn't sound like a wireless issue either, more of a router DCHP problem. I'd troubleshoot that issue. If you want to leave it as is, then you can create/edit a hosts file to help resolve computer names, or just search by IP and map drives that way. Or use the UNC path from explorer, the run command, dos....etc.