Accessing computer across two home-networks

agraca · 08-08-2009, 06:50 PM

I have a DSL connection using a THOMSON TG787 DSL Gateway. This combo provides also an Ethernet network and a wireless one. Now, I live in a three-story home. The TG787 is on the ground floor where it creates a Wi-Fi network for the whole floor. However, this network has poor coverage of the first floor (bedrooms) and no coverage in the second floor (living room and office). In the second floor, I have an Ethernet socket allowing for access to the TG787. I have used it to establish a second wireless network using a GIGABYTE GN-BR01G router. Coverage on second floor is great but it does not attain the first floor (concrete house with thick walls. My main computer (having all my media) is in the office in the second floor. Following picture depicts setup:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/czB9oOGHV59jgQGFZQZkzA?feat=directlink

Now, I am trying to get music in the bedrooms using NOXON 2 Audio Wi-Fi music player sets. NOXON does get into the THOMSON Wi-Fi network coming from the ground floor, but cannot attain the GIGABYTE wireless network coming from the top floor. So, I can listen to Internet radio easy, but cannot get into my music collection sitting in the computer in the top floor office.

My question is: is there a way I can make my music available by allowing NOXON to connect to the GIGABYTE WLAN through the Ethernet connection binding it to the THOMSON network? What would be the steps to do it?

I am mildly strict about security issues. TheTG787 is WPA protected and the GN-BR01G is WEP protected. I do not need to secure much the network in-house, as we are all quite sensible in what we do to our files, but I want to keep strangers (from outside) off the network.

My computer runs Windows Vista.

08-08-2009, 06:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
agraca Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1 OS: Vista Home Premium	Accessing computer across two home-networks I have a DSL connection using a THOMSON TG787 DSL Gateway. This combo provides also an Ethernet network and a wireless one. Now, I live in a three-story home. The TG787 is on the ground floor where it creates a Wi-Fi network for the whole floor. However, this network has poor coverage of the first floor (bedrooms) and no coverage in the second floor (living room and office). In the second floor, I have an Ethernet socket allowing for access to the TG787. I have used it to establish a second wireless network using a GIGABYTE GN-BR01G router. Coverage on second floor is great but it does not attain the first floor (concrete house with thick walls. My main computer (having all my media) is in the office in the second floor. Following picture depicts setup: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/czB9oOGHV59jgQGFZQZkzA?feat=directlink Now, I am trying to get music in the bedrooms using NOXON 2 Audio Wi-Fi music player sets. NOXON does get into the THOMSON Wi-Fi network coming from the ground floor, but cannot attain the GIGABYTE wireless network coming from the top floor. So, I can listen to Internet radio easy, but cannot get into my music collection sitting in the computer in the top floor office. My question is: is there a way I can make my music available by allowing NOXON to connect to the GIGABYTE WLAN through the Ethernet connection binding it to the THOMSON network? What would be the steps to do it? I am mildly strict about security issues. TheTG787 is WPA protected and the GN-BR01G is WEP protected. I do not need to secure much the network in-house, as we are all quite sensible in what we do to our files, but I want to keep strangers (from outside) off the network. My computer runs Windows Vista.