I have a networking situation where some tools can or can't communicate between two devices on the same LAN but differing subnet masks (it's an error, will be corrected). The question is why do some ...

You don't need a router. If you set the subnet mask on all of the PCs to be 255.255.0.0, then they should all be able to ping each other. Basically, opening up the subnet mask puts all of the PCs on ...

Reader Stuart Landay would like to combine wireless and wired networking. He writes: Is it possible to hook up an Ethernet switch to an Apple Airport Extreme Base Station in order to connect more than ...