READ MY POST BELOW FIRST RATHER THAN THIS ONE. THE ONE THAT SAYS "READ FIRST"Comcast Cable Modem/Router (I have three computers plugged directly into the LAN ports in the router) ----> Netgear 5 port switch (where other computers are plugged in, together with a cable coming from the cable modem/router) -----> Netgear Wireless Router (one cable from the switch plugged into its internet port). All the LAN ports on the wireless router are empty.
First, for me, that was confusing. So, let me see if I can simplify it some:
Modem/Router -- clients on LAN ports
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-- 5-port switch -- clients
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-- Wireless router -- wireless devices
While the topography should work, I would have simplified things and not attached any computers to the modem/router but attached them all to a larger switch. Just my preference.
My guess is it will be in your network settings. You left out some information, so I will assume/ask. First, can your iPad access the network? If not, why not. It is on the same wireless connection.
Are you using DHCP or Static. Best practices would say to use DHCP. So, your modem/router will be your DHCP server for your wired network and give out IPs on a certain subnet: 192.168.10.x. Your wireless router should give out your IPs and network settings to all of your wireless devices. So DHCP should be turned on and be giving out IPs in the same subnet but in a different portion of the scope. This should allow you to be on the network.
It would be really helpful to do go to a command prompt for any of the wired computers (may as well use your main computer) and do an ipconfig /all and copy and paste it here.
Then do an ipconfig /all on your laptop and see what the settings are and paste them here.
Can you ping the main computer. Do you have network discovery for files, etc. turned on? Can you access the Internet from your laptop?
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Yes, wireless is slower. Wouldn't worry too much about HIPAA.
