Not able to automatically share or bridge connection.

Okay, so I have been using my laptop which is running Windows 10 to share internet to my desktop running Windows 7. Well Windows 10 updated and screwed something up so I rolled the update back and got it back up and running by resetting my desktop dns and ip back to default. It worked for about five hours or so and then stopped out of nowhere. I have tried all the ipconfig / things you can do and none of them have worked. I have tried to bridge them and that doesn't work. I will also sometimes get a ip conflict box on my laptop or on my desktop they go back and forth. I have been stuck on this for hours and networking is not my specialty. If someone could please help me I would greatly appreciate it.

Update: Okay, so I have the wireless internet bridged with the local connection and it created a Ethernet connection box and it's receiving data and sending data just not to the desktop. I have tried to use cmd with the command ipconfig /all and used the ipv4,subnet mask, default gateway, and dns from the Ethernet connection on the desktop with the local connection, properties, ipv4, properties and changing it to the local connection information I was getting a dns error. I stopped getting that error because it stops recognizing the connection. It goes from Network 3 to unidentified and when it does that I get the error that there is an ip conflict. That's all I got right now. Any help would be greatly appreciated as said before.

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hello, i have a usb drive connected to my laptop and laptop connected via ethernet and or wireless to the network.

i have set up a folder on the usb drive, with media in, as a network share.

also connected wired to the network is sonos, which is set to look at a network share for the media

if i unplug the drive and reboot, then reattach the drive vista will forget the share

i have set the drive so that the drive letter is always J, vista remembers this no problem

is there a way to tell vista that when i connect 'j' that i want the media folder shared automatically?

thanks

asa

ok well i just got another 360 but i dont want to buy another wireless adapter and was wondering how i can bridge my 360 using my computer.
this is how it is

my computer is connected to my wireless network using a USB adapter.then from that my 360 would be connected using an Ethernet cable that's attached to the back of my pc.

This is bad but i tried

and when i right click on "wireless network" under the "Connect to" tab it has an option to bridge the connection but it gives me an error

THIS ONE TO BE EXACT

so can anyone help

im using SP2 and windows xp if that helps
 

Greetings,

My computer uses a wireless connection and I am attempting to go online on my Playstation 2 console by running an Ethernet cable between the playstation and the free Ethernet port on my motherboard.

How would I go about sending a signal through my Local Area Connection from my Wireless Network Connection? I've made attempts at a Bridge Connection between the two, but I feel I'm doing something wrong.

Hey,
So, i want to disable a bridge connection, but every time that i try to disable it, it says "An unexpected error occurred while configuring the Network Bridge", and i have no clue of how to solve it.

Thanks
 

Have a question, when i bridged 2 connections in my laptop, why is it that, the other computers are unable to connect to the internet and that include mine...is there a way to fix it? Please advise. Thank you.

My connection currently says it's bridged, but I'm unable to unbridge it for some reason. When I try it says "To create a Network Bridge, you must select at least two LAN or High-Speed Internet connections that are not being used by Internet Connection Sharing."
I selected both networks properly but it doesnt give me the option to bridge or unbridge. What would be the problem? I tried finding " manage networks" but couldnt find it so I cant delete it as said on a forum to remove the bridge.

[[ Windows has detected an IP address conflict ]]

So basically my setting is Wifi router >> Laptop >> My desktop
and I bridge my laptop and desktop via cable

both of them pops up [[Windows has detected an IP address conflict]] and keep disconnecting and reconnecting ~20 second every 10 minutes

I did some search and have tried static IP but its seem not work or I did not do it properly since I have no idea about network.
This is my setting. I am really appreciate if you guys could help
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Windows IP Configuration
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : twcny.rr.com
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5c6f:3867:432e:f688%3
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.239
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:9d38:90d7:3019:28a2:bc0e:f829
Windows IP Configuration
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : twcny.rr.com
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5c6f:3867:432e:f688%3
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.239
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:9d38:90d7:3019:28a... Read more

I have a 2-sided USB cord I want to bridge a connection to on my Windows TinyXP.

When I go to Network Connections it shows my Local Area Connection, but how would I get it to show the USB cord to show in there so that I can bridge it.

I didnt go buy any hardware. This is just a cord I've had for a while. I looked around for a bit and had trouble finding this information.
 

I have a new internet connection. It is displaying lights for DSL, PWR, INET, WLAN.
I can connect but it always reads the message "No Internet Access"

I went to the service provider to get this fixed. And they created bridge mode through LAN so I could connect using a username and password. (create a new connection > broadband ). But I innocently pressed reset button.

I don't want to go back to the service provider to setup the bridge mode or ability to connect by a username/password through LAN. I have attached three screenshots of how my 192.168.1.1 page looks like. If any body can take this forward from here and guide me through this, then I am waiting. I am good with computers but not this part.

if there is any other issue ( fault in laptop) then please take that into account as well. But I can connect through my mobile so this doesn't seem to be an issue to me.

My internet connection is activated and billing is on.
Please help me enable this bridge mode feature through admin. I have attached three images so you can see how my admin looks like

Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.2
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate, Service Pack 1, 32 bit
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5750 @ 2.00GHz, x64 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 13
Processor Count: 2
RAM: 3070 Mb
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS, 256 Mb
Hard Drives: C: Total - 125633 MB, Free - 9275 MB; D: Total - 102547 MB, Free - 30795 MB; E: Total - 10291 MB, Free - 270... Read more

I did everything I was supposed to do. (made a network bridge between my xbox and my laptops wifi) My computer says it is succesfull but my xbox and my bros xbox will not connect. why is it doing this? any advise?

I´m using Windows 7 with VirtualBox and there is no possibility to use network bridge option. Is there any solution?













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hello friends
i am new to this forum
having problem in bridging two connections
want to bridge my wireless connection with the bluetooth network connection
can i do so
my laptop is connected via wifi
just want a virtual wifi version in bluetooth
as i want to connect my phone to my laptop internet, but the phone doesnt have the wifi feature
i was wondering if i can do so via bluetooth
 

I've been trying to play xbox live through a bridged connection on my T61 but it generally cuts out every 5 or 10 minutes.  I set things up the exact same way with my old Dell 600m w/ XP and never had a problem so I'm not sure if it's w/ Vista or other software.  If anyone has any suggestions they would be greatly appreciated.  

so before i did my upgrade i had my 360 bridged to my desktop via usb wireless adapter for my xbox live to work. i do this because i am to cheap to buy the adapter for it, and hooking a cable up with cause some huge problems with my cat (it likes to chew wires)

when i go into the networking setting to bridge the connections, it works but then my computer always say public connection and no internet
so i am confused to say the least

Vaughn

I have my desktop PC (Windows 7) connected to my laptop (Vista) with a crossover cable. My laptop has a wireless internet connection which I have desperately been trying to use on my PC. The PC has a GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 motherboard and I have tried re-installing the drivers (from the Gigabyte website). At one point I was able to share view/share files through the crossover cable, but after messing with the attempted bridge connection, I can no longer see my desktop in the network. The lights are on when the crossover cable is plugged in.

I have internet access on my laptop, but when I highlight my local area connection and and wireless network connection, right click, and bridge the connection, my internet drops on my laptop. The PC is left without internet as usual.

I have a Belkin Wireless USB adapter which I have also tried to use on the desktop. The desktop detects the wireless connection and attempts to connect to the internet. It connects, but with limited access and is not receiving packets (no internet).

The router has been reset many times.

I ran this in the command prompt (administrator) to no avail. "netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt"

ICS is turned off, IPv6 and 4 are set to obtain IP/DNS automatically. I don't know if it would be easier to try and bridge the connection or try and get the USB method to work.

Here is the ipconfig /all for the desktop with the Belking Wireless USB adapter plugged in and with "limited access":

C:\Window... Read more

My desktop is connected to a wifi network and I need to bridge to another via ethernet. I have started by selecting each network and I bridge the 2 connections, creating a bridge, but the other computer still doesn't have internet connection.

Is this possible (I would think so) and if so, what have I done wrong?

I've been trying to find a solution to this problem for a long time now, but so far nothing has worked. Here is my story:

I have 2 computers. 1 Desktop and 1 Laptop. I have been getting internet on my desktop through a bridge connection via my laptop, which is connected to our modem wirelessly. We have been using Qwest as our internet provider. We just recently upgraded to a 12mb connection. In doing so, we had to set up a new modem. The setup went smooth, and every other computer can connect to it just fine, including my laptop. But here is where the problem lies.
So my laptop is connected to the modem (we don't have a router), and my desktop is still connected to my laptop via bridge connection. On my laptop's side, the Wireless Network Connection, Local Area Connection 2 (my desktop), and Network Bridge are all working just fine. However, on my desktop's side, "Local Area Connection" is marked as "Unidentified Network".
I found this site through searching something on google and found someone that seemed to have the exact same problem. I read through it all and tried all the suggestions he was given. For him, his problem was fixed. For me, the same problem still exists. Here is the link to the thread - http://forums.techguy.org/networking/918416-solved-unable-bridge-connections-lan.html

I have tried uninstalling the ethernet drivers and restarting my computer and i have tried those commands in CMD for the resets and restarted my c... Read more

Hi I made another topic with a problem which was helpfully solved but now it seems my Xbox LIve connection keeps dropping every 10 minutes or so even though the internet in the laptop seems fine, anyone has any idea why this is happening? Could it be just internet acting up? Is bridging unstable?

Any help would be appreciated

PS Would reset router and modem but they are not in my room so that might have to wait until tomorrow if its a suggestion/solution.
 

Recently I have been connecting to Xbox Live with my laptop(acer aspire one), to connect I would bridge my local and wireless, when finished I would just simply delete the bridge. One day i notice that my local and wireless are still bridge, but to what? I've tried to find the bridge in my Device Mgner but to no avail..I don't know what my wireless and local are bridge too.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!
 

Hi evryone ,
i was NAT configuration between Kali linux and windows host , that was fine
but now i want to switch connection configuration to Bridged one ,
then i find myself across this problem ( kali can not connect to any host or internet ):

my windows is win7x64bits;
my virtual kali is : kali 4.6.0-kali1-amd64
can anyone help me ?
thanks ,
 

I have a Dell Inspiron 5100 Notebook running XP Home with SP2. I connect to a printer and to a Maxtor external drive. My system tray shows 2 Local Area Connections (with "A network cable is unplugged), and 1 Network Bridge (that also says "A network cable is unplugged"). My printer is plugged in.

I show the following in my Network Connections. I want to know if anyone can tell me whether I can delete them? I do not have a LAN connection or High-Speed Internet (although I hope to get the latter soon). Thanks.

LAN or High-Speed Internet
Local Area Connection 2 LAN or High-Speed Inter... Network cable unplugged OCT USB To Fast Ethernet Converter

Network Bridge
Local Area Connection Network Bridge Network cable unplugged Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller

Network Bridge Network Bridge Network cable unplugged MAC Bridge Miniport

1394 Connection Network Bridge Disabled, Bridged 1394 Net Adapter
 

Hi
I have a server that I has a shared drive I would like to access on my PC. I have my server and my PC connected to the same router by Ethernet, but this router does not have internet access. My PC is also connected to a router with internet access via a WiFi adapter.
In order to access the shared drive on my server and access the internet at the same time, I had to bridge the Ethernet connection to my router without internet, and the WiFi connection to the router with internet. However, occasionally I will not be able to access the internet through any program, and my web browser will display errors such as "dns_probe_finished_no_internet".
I am unsure what causes this problem, but it usually happens when I am accessing or transferring large amounts of data on the network drive.
Any help is appreciated,
Thanks.

Diagram of network bridge setup

I know that generally i need a router and have to plug the TW modem into router/switch combo, setup MAC address cloning, then attach PC's to router/switch ports but was wondering if i can set it up without router..?Telewest BB connection just has the Motorola sb4200 surfboard cable modem plugged straight into PC 01 via installed NIC.Can i add an additional NIC into PC 01, connect it with RJ45 CAT 5 x-over cable to a PCMCIA NIC for the laptop (PC 02) to get an Internet connection using ICS in Windows XP that runs on PC 01, or do i have to go with the router option, any help, alternative solutions (bridging), suggestions, thanks in advance...

Hello,

So I have two computers. One is a laptop that connects to the internet via wireless. The other computer is a PC. I wish to connect these two together to share internet.

Ive have successfully done this in the past via a network bridge, but it was with a different wireless card on the laptop. Now that I use a new wireless card, for some reason the same methods I used before yield no results. The old adapter was a NETGEAR WG511T and the new one is the Intel 3945ABG card. I have read on the microsoft site that the possible issue might be that the intel card does not support promiscuous mode, but then gave steps to force it to be compatible. I followed those steps but nothing changed. When the bridge is connected, it sees the cables in and everything but ip address and all that is 0.0.0.0

So then I tried just networking the PC and the Laptop by LAN and sharing the wireless internet connection. This also did not work. The network works, and the laptop still has internet, but the PC does not. The PC sees the Wireless connection as shared under the network connections tab, but pings and web browsing do not work. Both networks are on different subnets (wireless is on 192.168.2.x and LAN is on 192.168.0.x). I have the PC configured with a manual ip address of 192.168.0.2. I have tried using the network setup wizard but it just ends up saying an error occurred but doesnt give me a reason.

Any suggestions on what to do next?

Any help is appreciated.
 

Earlier today I attempted to change the setting on my Westell 6100 modem such that it would simply bridge the connection to my Linksys WRT54GS router, basically involving setting the router to bridge only and turning DHCP off. Now I no longer get an internet connection through my router when previously the connection had worked perfectly fine before. I following the steps of cloning the MAC address to the router and have done the proper resetting steps (computer, them router, then modem) but I simply can't get an internet connection through my router. The process to set up simple bridging from the modem what supposed to end up with the internet light no longer turning on but the light turned back on following one of the resets.

Currently, I can connect to the internet through the modem just fine but I get nothing when I include the router. I'm not sure if there are some other settings I'm supposed to be changing as I can't seem to find anything past what I've already done when researching online. At this point I would just be happy reverting the settings I've changed but I don't know how to access the modem now that DHCP is off.

Basically, I'd prefer to be able to get the router working with these new settings but if that proves too difficult (as I've heard it can be when trying to get Westell modems to work with Linksys routers) I'd like to learn how to access the modem and change the settings back to what they were (prefer... Read more

Hello all,

I have one wireless connection on one pc at home and i am trying to share
it with another two pcs all connected via ethernet (hub) so what is the easiest way to
set this up and i wonder if my connection speed is 256 kb will it be enough for the 3 machines to open messengers and check mail all at the same time ?
I have win xp sp3

I appreciate any help

thank you
 

is there any way to setup my imac running mac os 9 and windows xp computer into a network so that they can share the broadband connection? The router only has one slot so I will buy a hub but i just wanted to make sure so i don't waste money
 

I was wondering if it is possible to upgrade my laptop to an ivy bridge processor, and if my laptop will be able to recognize the hd 4000 graphics chip?  

 I connect to the internet on my computer but can't seem to share it so another computer connect to mine on like a small home network can use it. Please help. I would like ot know how to do this with dial up and broadband please

I have one PC that is connecting wirelessly to a network

I have a laptop that I can't get the wireless to work on (this is due to a physical fault)
I've tried using an external wireless USB stick - but no joy
Basically it's an old and battered laptop

How can I share the internet connection from the PC (that's getting the connection wirelessly)?
Can I join the PC and the laptop with an ethernet cable and share the connection??
If so, how?

Thanks
OM
 

I have access to an internet connection that uses mac address filtering and timed sessions. i.e., from 30mins to 366days. I want to use my connection (I have a 366day account) to the network as a hotspot for my iPhone without having to go through the hassle of either getting another 366day pass or the grief associated with spoofing the mac address in order to get online with my phone. I also don't want to use iTunes because it will mess up my iPod's stuff too. And adding a new device has already cost me a library of stuff and due to "we can't confirm xyz, have a great day" after it was all deleted. (I changed those settings now though from the default burn all not the same" even if a few are just renamed to save scrolling. Anyway going off tangent their.

How can I use my laptop as a pseudo router so that the mac filter doesn't interfere with my phone? ICS through the windows networking doesn't show my laptop as a separate WiFi connection, ie transmit as a router would. (the phone will though but also rack up a fortune in data charges though.)

Please can someone help me with this. I have tried more than one so called how to that has not done what it said it would, which is turn my laptop into a pseudo-wireless router and at the same time maintain my connection to my internet connection.

And thanks to MSN giving me grief with the new format, basically because I am not using the same computer/apartment/ISP etc... that I used when I sig... Read more

I've recently networked two computers, a newer HP Pavilion (XP-h) and an older Compaq Presario (ME) using a d-link router. Both computers have a dial-up connection when needed (which is rare) but on occasions it would be nice to have both computers online at the same time.

Is there a way to do this? I know I could do it easily with a broadband connection, especially because I'm using a router anyway, but that's just not needed here.

thanks,
JTN
 

I was going to reformat my sister computer so she wanted me to transfer some files on my computer so she can keep those file after reformatting and move it back to her computer, but for some reason my LAN connection is not sharing any files with all of my computer (4 computers) but I can still get internet connections... can anyone help me out ASAP please!!!
 

Hello! i have 2 pc both running windows xp sp2... and a modem...
and i use asus rx 3041.. i can share files but i can't share internet connection...

can anyone help me? thanks!
 

Im planning to have a computer shop/internet cafe with 8 PCs. I have a Linksys Router w/ 4 Ethernet port and a DSL modem. I'm planning to use windows 2000/windows xp pro for the workstations and windows server 2003 for the server. How can I connect all my PC that it can share my DSL connection and they can share files and communicate with each other.
 

I already know the answer to this but I'm hoping there's something out there. Is there ANYWAY POSSIBLE to share a dial up connection through a windows 2000 domain?

Analog router is too much.
 

I am running xp pro on a host and client computer using a Pantech UM175 to connect with my wireless broadband. I am running a CAT5 cable from host to client and using a standard ethernet switch. I know my LAN is connected because I can see the files on the host computer from the client (but not the other way around - weird and it pings o.k. The "Local Area Connection" shows little or no connectivity and I cannot connect to the internet on my client computer. I have run the network setup wizard and repair but not success. Any ideas out there? Thank you for any help on this...:confused
 

can I share an internet connetion betwenn a mac and pcMac is OS X and PC is win 98 SEthey are connected via a crossover cable and already share filesISP is bt broadband through an ADSL modem

Hi, i have an alpha usb device which catches wireless signals at my home and that device is connected to my laptop. my laptop wifi is not working so i purchased this device in my laptop so i have an easy access to internet through that device. i want to share that internet connection with my desktop. i dont want to purchase another device for my desktop. so i tried this:

i connect my desktop pc to my laptop through crossover cable. then i select my desktop pc tcp/ip properties and clicked on obtain and ip address automatically. then clicked ok.

then i went to wireless network connection of my laptop. then properties -->advanced then enable sharing. beneath that check box there is a scroll down list. 2 options in this list. through LOCAL AREA NETWORK / BLUETOOTH. I select local area network. then i click ok but it is showing an error. what is happening?

Hello all,

Okay hear is the problem that I am faced with... I have a Virgin Mobile MC760 3G broadband device, I want to share that 3G internet connection with my D-Link DIR-615 router so that I can connect to the 3G over WiFi on my other devices.

The host computer that the 3G device would be plugged into is running Windows XP version 2002 Service Pack 2.

I realize that they do sell 3G routers but I would like to use the D-Link DIR-615 that I already have to avoid buying another router. I also realize that it may be easier to share the connection by creating a wireless network on the host computer and then enable internet sharing, I don't want to do this I need to share the connection through the router.

I don't know if it is possible to do this but any help would be greatly appreciated.
 

I want my wii to connect to the internet, but I need to share the internet and I have a dongle (mobile broadband) is there any way to connect it? If so please share!

Hi there,
My LAN is using 192.168.xx.xx network. but I have a small office in Indonesia which all 4 users connects their notebook and retrieve email using SecurID(VPN). They are always connected and my VPN gives a 10.10.xx.xx IP address. my printer is network enabled and is plugged to the router(print server enabled). How do i share this printer with the users always connected to VPN. ?? pls help..
 

Can I share my internet connection by using a hub? I have a 5-port hub but no instructions on how to use it??? I want to be able to get online with both computers at the same time.
Can someone advise me if the hub will work or do I need something else? I have intermediate computer knowledge but know nothing about networking.
Katy
 

I am using a dial up wireless internet modem on one computer and wish to share this connection across the entire home group.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks for any help.