Wired and wireless networking question

I am trying to set up a home network using both a wired and a wireless router. I have 3 computers that need access. One is the main office computer which is connected to the wired router. The remaining computers have wireless capability. The following is a brief description of my set up.

Internet access is achieved through a cable modem. From the modem I am connected to a 4 port router (not wireless). I am using 2 of the ports: one to go directly to my main computer, the other to go to the wireless router.

Here is the problem. All the computers are able to access the internet. All of the wireless computers can see each other on the network and fileshare with no problem. The wired computer, however, is not visible. The wireless machines are all Win 98 SE and the main computer is Win XP. Both the wired and wireless routers require an IP address to exist on the network. The wired is set to it's facory default, 192.168.2.1. The wireless has the same default setting so I have changed that to 192.168.2.10. For the wireless computers networking settings I have the the gateway set to the wireless router's IP. The main computer's gateway is set to the wired router's IP. All machines have a static IP. The DNS settings for the wireless computers are set to the same DNS servers as the main wired machine.

Is it possible to mix both a wired and wireless network? I'd like to add a print server at some point as well but I need to get this issue resolved first. I'm sure I have missed some info so please ask if you need more than I have already stated. Thanks in advance for your help.

 

You would have been much better off purchasing an Acces Point instead of another Router. That being said here are a couple of hints.

See if the Wireless Box has an Acces Point mode.
If not then here are a few suggestions to elliminate any problems.
Do not use the WAN or INTERNET Port on the Wireless box. If you do you have basically created another Subnet. Turn off DHCP on the Wireless Router in the LAN settings. If you do the steps above along with giving the Wireless Router a unique IP as you already did it will act as a Hub/Switch and the Wired Box will do all the routing.

 

Thanks for the tip. Works like a charm now.

I agree about having an AP instead of a wireless router. I got this gear as hand me downs, if you will, so I didn't get too much choice as well as the price being right.

Plugging into one of the others ports is all it took.

Thanks agin for the tip.

 

You got it.