I don’t know if anyone can help?

My son has the Z1 set up for a school wireless network,with a school laptop name and school domain. HIs IP address is also completely different to ours.
While at home he can see our access point, but can’t see our computers.  Can i set him up with our workgroup and domain and IP address range etc and still save his school settings?
Home setup = main pc attached to modem with Analogx as proxy.
Access point attached to main pc with lan cabling.

Part 2: If you have a broadband connection can you access it with your wireless laptop, just by plugging in an access point to the broadband plug?Or do you need a main pc?
I hope these questions make sense, I have tried networking newsgroups but no one has answered me yet.

[quote author=“Mrs Gadget”]I don’t know if anyone can help?

My son has the Z1 set up for a school wireless network,with a school laptop name and school domain. HIs IP address is also completely different to ours.
While at home he can see our access point, but can’t see our computers.  Can i set him up with our workgroup and domain and IP address range etc and still save his school settings?
Home setup = main pc attached to modem with Analogx as proxy.
Access point attached to main pc with lan cabling.

Part 2: If you have a broadband connection can you access it with your wireless laptop, just by plugging in an access point to the broadband plug?Or do you need a main pc?
I hope these questions make sense, I have tried networking newsgroups but no one has answered me yet.

One thing you can try is to put his school static IP address under an alternate configuration in Windows XP.

Go into Control Panel…Network Connections.  Right click your lan connection and click properties.  Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in the selection list and click Properties.  In the General Tab, you can put your home networking information (or leave it as Obtain an Address Automatically (DHCP) if you have broadband and a router, which is the desired setup for home networks in answer to your part two question).  Here is the trick for part one—click the Alternate Configuration tab in this dialog and put your son’s school info there.  It is supposed to be able to figure out which network it’s on and use the appropriate settings. 

Hope this helps.

Just try to setup your home network with the same IPs and DSNs as school network it will help in case WinXp setup is not working for you. I do have 2 networks: 1. Vacation House and 2nd Home; and both using same IPs, SSID and even keys(in your case I do not know if key is an option).
FYI: All PCs in order to be networked together must have the same IP range let say 192.168.10.0-192.168.10.254 (just copy school IP range as your home range), plus setup your AP setting with the same SSID and if possible even a key. This way your laptop will see both networks as the same one(no modification-switching needed). Any way in your case Ip range is a problem. I do not trust WinXp handling of temporary IPs for a different SSID(its an option from OS).

[quote author=“Mrs Gadget”]I don’t know if anyone can help?

My son has the Z1 set up for a school wireless network,with a school laptop name and school domain. HIs IP address is also completely different to ours.
While at home he can see our access point, but can’t see our computers.  Can i set him up with our workgroup and domain and IP address range etc and still save his school settings?
Home setup = main pc attached to modem with Analogx as proxy.
Access point attached to main pc with lan cabling.

Part 2: If you have a broadband connection can you access it with your wireless laptop, just by plugging in an access point to the broadband plug?Or do you need a main pc?
I hope these questions make sense, I have tried networking newsgroups but no one has answered me yet.

there are several tools like netswitcher or multinetwork manager that can help you keeping multiple configurations for diverse networks.

Thanks for your help. Do I presume that it is the IP address alone that is the problem and not the workgroup name or domain?
In which case presumably I can add an ip address in tcp/ip/ properties/advanced IP settings? Would that work?
Sorry not to be able to say that I have tried it, he doesn’t come back from school until Friday, just thought I would get a few ideas ready.
Otherwise you are right I will reconfigure the home network to match the school setting, That is 4 pc’s instead of one, which is why i was trying to change his.
Interestingly the ssid seems to be unique to the access point? at least it is not using any name i have got on any other machine?
I know wep key isn’t a problem as he can see the access point, he just can’t see the rest of the home network.
Here is hoping that it is just the IP range and that by adding it to advanced Ip settings I will crack it.
I don’t let Windows set an ip address they are all manually configured. I use the 192 range his school doesn’t!
For all it’s faults win XP is still easier to network than Win98!

One thing you can try is to put his school static IP address under an alternate configuration in Windows XP.

Just to confirm, do you mean add the school ip to the lan/access point under advanced ip settings? I couldn’t find the alternate config tab.