How to setup LAN network as a second network?

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lentemarton

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Hi!

I have a well working wireless router 54Mbps with internet connection wich my 3 computers are connected to over Wi-Fi. It's perfect for surfing the web, however LAN is quite slow. I want to buy a gigabit switch to speed up my LAN transfers. Because of physical reasons it can not be wired to my router. Is it possible to set it up for my 3 computers separately as a second connection using only for LAN file transfers preserving my primary wireless connection using for surfing the web? If yes, how?

My current wireless router settings are:

LAN

IP Address 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0

and my computers have IP adresses in the 192.168.0.100 - 192.168.0.199 range.
 
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bill001g

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It can get messy running 2 network cards at the same time but something simple like you want is pretty easy.

Define another network for your hardwired network such as 192.168.100.x with a mask of 255.255.255.0. Go into each PC and define a fixed address on each ethernet interface. Be very sure to leave the default gateway and DNS server blank. Plug it into your new switch and you are good to go. Since every machine has 2 IP addresses you need to be sure to use the wired IP address when you want to talk between them.
 
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lentemarton

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Thank you very much! So is it enough to set a different IP adress and use the same subnet mask as the wireless router? (I don't know what the subnet mask is.) Do I have to set these parameters simply on my Windows 7 Professional's Local Area Connection Properties window? Which one is the good for me, TCP/IPv6, or TCP/IPv4 properties? (Both have the same configuration options.)
 
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bill001g

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The mask may be the same but the subnet itself is different that is the key to how ip addresses work. If you are at all worried just use something from the 10.x.x.x range. I would still use a 255.255.255.0 mask but you can use others.

You could I guess use IPv6 if you are very ambitious but yes all you do is go into the ipv4 tcpip settings under the properties for the ethernet interface and key in the address and the mask
 
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