I currently have my PC connected to a Thomson 580 router via an RJ45 cable.
I came up with the bright idea of fitting a Wireless interface onto a low spec Compaq that I have so that I could control my Main PC using remote desktop or VNC.
In principal it should work.. So, I bought a cheap Linksys WUSB11v4 and set it up.
Its a bit slow at getting connected, but when its there, the wireless side seems to be OK, in that I can connect to the internet.. But to my surprise, the 2 PCs are having problems talking to each other on the 'Intranet' side.
My setup is this
PC (10.0.0.1) | cable | ROUTER -------> Internet | wireless | PC (10.0.0.2)
Please note that the addresses have been allocated by DHCP and since the router has been configured by my work, I can't change it.
Whats strange is that when I first set it up, I could ping between them, but only intermmittently.. Now that I have been 'fiddling', I can get from .2 to .1 100% of the time as if it were hard wired, but NEVER from .1 to .2
Does anyone know where I can start to debug/fix this... I have tried everything and have run out of patience.
I will take my Laptop home tonight (Which has inbuilt wireless) and will see what happens if I have 3 devices (2xwireless 1xcabled).. This will hopefull show whether the problem is with the Router or PC..But my gut feel is that the Compaq/WUSB11 is to blame!
Jon
PS. I have no FIrewall software installed/enabled on either PC, so its not a firewall issue!