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Unidentified Network issue
Hi,
I'll post my network setup, as it may make more sense when I explain the issue
Router: D-Link 270B
Desktop connected to the router by a Homeplug (ethernet) for the internet, using the following settings:
IP: 192.168.1.12
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Preferred DNS Server: 192.168.1.1
Desktop wireless card (Belkin Wireless N1 Card) for connecting to my Apple TV for syncing:
IP: 192.168.1.20
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.19
Preferred DNS Server: 192.168.1.19
Apple TV Media Centre
IP: 192.168.1.19
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Preferred DNS Server: 192.168.1.1
This may sound like a strange setup, but iTunes doesn't detect my Apple TV, if I use my Homeplug for it, but if I use the Wireless Network Card for it, it is fine.
The issue I have is, sometimes this setup works fine, but sometimes I can turn the Desktop on and have "Unidentified Network" and a Park Bench displayed for the Homeplug connection and for the Wireless Connection, it will say "Dlink, No Network Access" (or something similar, I cannot remember the exact wording). To get the Homeplug connection to connect to the network again, I have to disable the wireless card and then turn off the homeplug and turn it back on and reconfigure the IP.
Is there anything I could of possibly set wrong? I am hoping to keep the internet connection and the apple TV syncing separate, as my downloads from iTunes on the wireless connection are too slow but on the Homeplugs I get full speed from my connection. Also having the Wireless connection syncing the Apple TV only, seems to speed up transfers.
Thanks in advance.
Cheers,
Ross