How do I connect to my home's primary wired network through an extra (wireless) router?

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Thanks for looking!

I have set up a desktop PC in my workshop. The Cat 5 cable connects from this PC to a wireless router which is connected to my home network.

The Internet connection is working just fine.

However, the "wired" network this is on shows up as a different wired network than the one that the PCs inside my house are connected to. This is a problem because I would like to connect this workshop PC to various shared resources like printers, HD Homerun (cable tv card), shared drives, etc.

When I go to "Network and Sharing" and attempt to find the network that the PCs inside my home are connected to, I don't see it.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

Matt Cashatt

Posted 2014-08-24T21:49:17.347

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1Disable DHCP on the second router, and connect it to the first via LAN ports, not the WAN port. – Paul – 2014-08-24T21:54:53.293

@Paul--Worked like a charm. Thanks! – Matt Cashatt – 2014-08-24T22:28:05.503

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