I am wanting to know how to bridge an internet connection. I have a wireless card and would like to make a wired connection to another computer. First, Is it even possible and Second, Someone said it is so I don't know? I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit if you need to know.
You would need a crossover network cable running from one computer to the other, you can then make your wireless main computer a gateway.
Once you get the cable I'll talk you through the setup.
You mean an ethernet cable? If it is, I already have one.
That should do fine as long as your computer isn't from 1999.
Go to Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections
Select the wireless and the Local area connection and right click and press bridge connections.
That should be all you need to do.
If you are connecting 2 computers together it has to be a crossover cable. It's like an ethernet cable but wired up differently
How come mine works then genius?
[QUOTE=Blarg190;18602062]How come mine works then genius?[/QUOTE]
No need for that is there George?
Is there a switch or a router between the computers?
Nope man I'm telling you it just works with an eth.
My bad, you're right modern NIC's have an auto-crossover. I should have known that since it's my job.
On the wireless PC go to Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections. Right click the wireless connection and click properties. On the sharing tab tick the box that allows the connection to be shared with other computers.
Set your IP addresses to something on the same subnet; ie 192.168.1.10 & 192.168.1.11 with a subnet of 255.255.255.0. On the non-wireless PC use the wireless PC's IP address as the gateway address.
I don't have a Network Connections Tab. [IMG_thumb]http://i46.tinypic.com/smyesi.png[/IMG_thumb]
Press start and just type Network Connections into the search thing and press enter.
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I think you know what I mean by start as windows 7 is only an icon along with vista.
Yeah, and would it be worth it to just get a port switch. $30 AUD for an Asus 8 port switch. Would It be worth it?
Switches suck if you want to do that get a router.
I tried but look what it gave me... [IMG]http://i48.tinypic.com/2zjj95v.png[/IMG]
What you're supposed to do is select both the wireless and Ethernet interfaces, right click then select bridge connections. Since your Ethernet adapter isn't showing up in the list your Ethernet drivers probably aren't installed.
Where the fuck is your lan port?
if you have one it should look like this
[img]http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/3899/screen3h.png[/img]
Anyway I tried this along time ago to get internet for my PS3. I gave up and eventually flashed an old linksys router with DD-WRT and used that for a wireless adapter
[QUOTE=The Slayer;18601954]If you are connecting 2 computers together it has to be a crossover cable. It's like an ethernet cable but wired up differently[/QUOTE]
What the hell are you smoking? A crossover cable IS an ethernet cable. It's simply one type. There's also straight-through and console (or whatever you feel like calling that one. I've heard several names).
Its saying that the device cannot start. I went and re-installed drivers but it still says the same thing. Is it disabled because of the wireless card?
[QUOTE=YodaEXE;18609465]What the hell are you smoking? A crossover cable IS an ethernet cable. It's simply one type. There's also straight-through and console (or whatever you feel like calling that one. I've heard several names).[/QUOTE]
In the olden days they were different.
Say pins 1-4 are transmit 5-8 are receive in the NIC (making the numbers up, they're probably different), then pins 1-4 are receive and 5-8 are transmit in the switch/router/whatever. If you connect two NICs together then transmit will be wired to transmit and receive will be wired to receive, so the cable has to have a twist in it to work. Nowadays the NIC is more clever and can flip its pins automatically.
Back when twisted pair ethernet was invented, they expected there to always be a distinction between client and server.
[QUOTE=YodaEXE;18609465]What the hell are you smoking? A crossover cable IS an ethernet cable. It's simply one type. There's also straight-through and console (or whatever you feel like calling that one. I've heard several names).[/QUOTE]
For people who don't know the terms it is much easier for them to understand it as as an ethernet cable but wired up differently.
Ok, I found why my LAN port wasn't being detected. The drivers were for Vista and Windows 7 wouldn't allow them so I found the Windows 7 64bit ones so it works now and thanks for everyone how helped. It is for a small LAN party I am having for my birthday and 1 friend needed to connect. So thanks again to everyone!
Well I got a switch and I plugged the computers in but they won't connect, I can't even make them ping eachother. It doesn't even work if I plug them directly into eachother. Windows 7 home prem64bit and Vista Ulti 64bit.
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