Need help running Airport and ethernet concurrently on MacBook Pro

[Dan.Hagelin]

I apologize if this is the wrong forum for this.

 

My music server is a headless XP machine. It is located too far from any LAN ports and I don't want to install wireless in it. Therefore I am controlling it with Remote Desktop Connection from my MacBook Pro using a crossover cable. This works fine as long as I have Airport turned off. As soon as I turn Airport on, which I'd like to do for wireless Internet access, the remote desktop connection is dropped. Is there anyway I can configure things so both work at the same time?

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

Hi Dan - Are you assigning IP addresses to the Ethernet ports that are not in the same IP address rage of your wireless network? I would try doing in that way so you have two separate networks essentially.

 

[Dan.Hagelin]

Chris,

 

Thanks for the response. I’m afraid this is another opportunity for me to lament the fact that I know so little about networking! Let me tell you what I do know:

 

On the Ethernet port I have set the IP address to 192.168.1.1 on the mac and 192.168.1.2 on the PC. The Subnet Mask on both is 255.255.0.0. The “router” and “default gateway” are also the same on both machines: 192.168.1.1

 

On Airport I am using DHCP. My IP address is 192.168.1.85, subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, and router is 192.168.1.254.

 

I hope this helps.

 

 

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

Hi Dan - No worries. Let's try this.

 

Mac - IP=10.0.1.1, Subnet Mask=255.255.255.0, No Default Gateway

PC - IP=10.0.1.2, Subnet Mask=255.255.255.0, No Default Gateway

 

Leave the Airport stuff alone.

 

[Dan.Hagelin]

Fantastic! Now I can lilypad through my music while surfing the internet to my heart's delight. Pass the Ritalin, please. Thanks so much, Chris.

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

Great to hear Dan :~)