I have a PC (we'll call it the server) with a wireless adapter and a
10/100/1000 NIC. The two NICs are bridged. the 10/100/1000 nic is plugged
into a switch along with an HP 2600 network printer. all devices are on the
same 192.168.1.0 /24 network. When I ping the printer or the server from a
wireless client I get about 5-6 timeouts before I start getting a reply. So
anytime I want to print, I first have to ping the printer until I get a reply
then I can print. Same goes for the server, if I want to access shared files,
I have to ping the bridge interface (192.168.1.2) until I get a reply then
all is good. Any idea why this is happening? I thought about adding a static
route on the client that tells it to go to the PC for packets sent to the
printer but I don't think that will work. Or I just thought - maybe I should
add a static ARP entry for the printer and server nics on the client. Any
other ideas would be appreciated.

Doug
MCSE