One for the network officianadoes

[Obi-Wan-Shinobi]

Here is a crude drawing of my network as it is now. It's works ok, but what I'm looking for is a way to turn the linksys router into basically, 4 extra ports and a wireless ap for the adsl router. I've had a mess with turning of dhcp and going from gateway to router but I'm doing something wrong as that just throws my connection off dead. The main aim is to get all the PC's running off a single network, so they can all share files. Only the one's connected to the linksys can at the moment. Hopefully I've included all the information that's needed.

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/6281/networkeu4.th.jpg (http://img231.imageshack.us/my.php?image=networkeu4.jpg)

[KingDaveRa]

Drop the linksys.

Get http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=22ZK

Job done.

Just noticed you have wireless in there. I suppose you could just replace the whole lot with a decent wireless ADSL router. That's what I'd do, as it's by far the simplest solution. Failing that, just add a wireless AP in instead of the Linksys.

[Zenith]

Ditch both the Linksys router and the Sagem modem.

Get one of these instead:
Thomson Speedtouch 585v7 : £45.95
http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/ShopDetail.asp?ProductID=6798

It'll simplify your network SO much.

Phone line --- 585v7 --wifi-- PC1 (dynamic)
|
wired
|
|---eth1---- PC2 (dynamic)
|---eth2---- PC3 (static)
|---eth3---- PC4 (static)
|---eth4---- (spare)