READ FIRSTI find two problems upon re-reading your post. First, you are using your wireless router as a wireless router rather than a WAP. It can be converted to a WAP by disabling all of the things that make is a rotuer, i.e. DHCP, etc.
The other thing, which I have quoted below is that your have your "wireless router" connected to your switch or router by the Internet port. This should be LAN to LAN or the router will act as a firewall. You would likely be better off (although not completely necessary) to plug the WAP directly to your router using one of its LAN ports. You could free one up by removing on of the client computers from one of the LAN ports and connecting to the switch. The URL below will walk you step-by-step through converting the wireless router into a WAP. Alternatively:
1. You could purchase a WAP. This, however, is unnecessary.
2. You could purchase a wireless router which has LAN ports, which you already have and use it by connecting it directly to your modem and turn off the router portion.
Personally, I don't like using a combination modem/router and would rather have a modem from Comcast and then use a separate router. But, this would simplify things tremendously as the settings allowing IP, subnet and default gateway and DNS settings to your wired network would also send these out to your wireless devices.
It wasn't clear to me when you said you had a wireless router connecting to an iPad, etc. if this was separate. This MAY be a huge problem since it is giving out IP addresses to your devices and could also be giving out IPs to your laptop. Again, you can do an ipconfig on your laptop and make sure it is on the same subnet as your wired network and that your IP does not conflict with any IP on the wired clients.
Netgear Wireless Router (one cable from the switch plugged into its internet port).
