how can I change IP address talk to own network

[gmanfan]

Here's my problem. I work at a church that has it's own network. We have a couple of outer buildings that aren't wired to the network. I have added a Hawking wireless router in the closest building I can. My computer with a Hawking wireless PCI card can see the router and I have access to internet. My question is this...how can I reconfigure the wireless card and the router to connect to my church servers?? I am fairly new to wireless technology. The IP address the router is using doesn't match even near to what my church uses as static IP's for all it's computers. Please help.
Thanks
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[Variable]

Who is running the church network? I would ask them before you go adding a wireless AP.

[gmanfan]

I am working closely with the church and the computers I'm adding are on site just in an area that is not hardwired for the network so we have no choice but to go wireless. I am just helping them install some computers and the ones I'm putting in now can't be directly wired to the church server. Granted I am pretty new at this networking stuff but I am working with the tech guy at the church and we are both stumped as to how to reconfigure the router with a static IP so that the church server can see it and still get a connection with the wireless card. If I go through setup again with the router and reconfigure there I don't get a connection anymore. What else do I need to do?

[hiredgoonz]

I am working closely with the church and the computers I'm adding are on site just in an area that is not hardwired for the network so we have no choice but to go wireless. I am just helping them install some computers and the ones I'm putting in now can't be directly wired to the church server. Granted I am pretty new at this networking stuff but I am working with the tech guy at the church and we are both stumped as to how to reconfigure the router with a static IP so that the church server can see it and still get a connection with the wireless card. If I go through setup again with the router and reconfigure there I don't get a connection anymore. What else do I need to do?

Don't take this as an insult to your ability, but after you configure the router to be on the same IP segment as the existing wired network, is the computer you're using to access it also being changed to the same segment?

What I mean is:

Most routers come with an IP of 192.168.1.1

If you change the IP with a computer that has a compatible address, you're going to have to then change the computer's IP to reconnect to the router.

[Variable]

Well for one thing the information given is not enough. What is on the network now. Not PC's but server and routers. Do they have an existing router or do they use a switch?
How does your PC hooked up to the wireless router have an internet connection? If you have two routers - the wireless routers WAN IP will be the ethernet IP of the main router. You will also need a static route. and you likely don't want the internal router doing NAT. But this is all an assumption because there is not enough information. For instance, [If I go through setup again with the router and reconfigure there I don't get a connection anymore] makes little sense, how is it connected before you connect it>? It works unless you run the configuration utility?

[hiredgoonz]

Obviously, I participate here for my own enjoyment, but I felt compelled to point out that questions like this are the reason I can make 6 figures as an SA :)

[Variable]

I'm a sys admin but I don't make 6 figures doing it. I need to move to MD : )

I think that technology is getting complicated faster than the learning curve of the average user, IT wise. A lot of younger people are not getting into IT. It's not as 'In" anymore. In general the Windows OS is getting dumbed down, everything is a series of Wizards and if those wizards don't work they are well and truly @#$*(!.
The people who keep learning will be in more demand as time goes on. Maybe 6 figure admin jobs will eventually reach NC.

[hiredgoonz]

There's more to it than location...as a former Marine in the intellegence field with a security clearance it's a little easier to make money...

I'm just worried that someday people will learn how to use computers, LOL...

Where in NC are you? My in-laws live in Rockingham and Greeneville...

[Variable]

I live out in the country near Winston-Salem. No Gub'ment jobs around here I know of.
Your the perfect guy for Gmanfan..

[hiredgoonz]

I live out in the country near Winston-Salem. No Gub'ment jobs around here I know of.
Your the perfect guy for Gmanfan..

Aside from Rockingham, my knowledge of NC is limited to Camp Lejeune...

Don't get the Gmanfan reference, but I'm a gub'ment contractor...better pay than working for the government and if you want more money you just send your resume out...

[gmanfan]

Thanks for the input...no insults taken. I am so new to this site as well as to what I am trying to learn working tech. at the church. I'm a teacher by degree(Master's in Special Education) but enjoy learning computers and most all that goes with it. As far as the Gmanfan reference it is 2 fold: 1)My husband was in the Air Force and is now a "gub'ment" contractor at MacDill AFB{Hence G-man} 2) I'm a big Garth Brooks fan.

Aside from that...both my pc and the wireless router should be on the same IP? If so, then that is what the problem is. I had forgotten to change the IP on the PC(DUH!) And I know that the wire from the building I'm hooking up the wireless router is hooked to a router that goes to another building and then to a switch and then to the server. Like I said, I'm still really learning. It's harder to learn than to teach. Thanks for all the help, I really do appreciate it. If I have more problems I'll ask for more help and be sure to give more info.

[hiredgoonz]

Not the same IP, but the same IP segment...if the router is 192.168.1.1, then the PC should be 192.168.1.###