Hello, fellow members.

I'm having a few problems with bridging between a Wireless Network and a LAN.

Here's how the network is setup



And here's how the connections are configured :

My PC's wireless connection :


My PC's LAN connection :


MY friend's LAN connection :

• - Have internet on the two PC's, on mine through the wireless network and on my friend's through the LAN, which is a Twisted pair Cable connected between the two pc's
  
• - To be able to connect with my friend's pc to play Football Manager

• - I can connect to his pc when the LAN is connected, I have internet (occasionaly I don't) and he doesnt

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Originally posted by Johny
- Have internet on the two PC's, on mine through the wireless network and on my friend's through the LAN, which is a RJ-45 Cable connected between the two pc's

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Originally posted by bto

so thats not the problem, have you shared your connection, do a hand appears below the wireless lan connection?

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Originally posted by bto
Edit 2 Thanks bazik? that means the problem is fixed?

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Nothing, reset both pcs and try again.
Post results...
lets see what happens.

Do not use 100.100 as an ip address of your friends computers. That ip address is part of a private range, and using it on the network will cause address collisions.

The following ranges are defined for public use.
10.x.x.x
172.16.x.x
192.168.x.x

using a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, you can therefore make two 192 ranges, namedly 192.168.0.x and 192.168.1.x

You have to use one of the above ranges for your own networks.

or select Get an ip automatically...
Optimism is a genius

Get an IP automatically wont work inside your network unless you set up a DHCP server, which I presume you havent done.

Stick with static ips for now, but use 192.168.0.x for the router and for the host pc.
Then use 192.168.1.x for the host pc and the friend's pc.

both should use a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0

Hi,

You are trying to do something more complicated than necessary (and then doing it wrong, too).

Instead, try this:

1) Remove the static IP address and DNS settings from your wired network adapter and save the change.  Set it to acquire both automatically.

2) In your Network Connections folder, hold down control key and select both the wired and wireless connections.  Right click and choose "Bridge Connections".  It should look like this:



A new item named "Network Bridge" will appear.  Your wireless connection will disconnect during the process, but should reconnect just fine. 

I am not sure whether the bridge will retain your static IP settings from the wireless adapter.  If it doesn't, set it up the same way the wireless connection was configured previously.

3) Configure the network connection on your friend's computer identical to yours, except for different (and unused) IP address, such as 192.168.1.101.

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Originally posted by Adeptus
3) Configure the network connection on your friend's computer identical to yours, except for different (and unused) IP address, such as 192.168.1.101.

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Based on your screenshots and the assumption .101 is not used by anything else, I'd expect it to look like this:

Your PC (network bridge)
IP: 192.168.1.100
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
DNS: 194.68.100.117

Your friend's PC
IP: 192.168.1.101
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
DNS: 194.68.100.117

Man i did everything as you said, and when I activate the bridge I get no internet (although the wireless connection is on) and my friend continues without internet..

I am not sure why that would be.  I use this exact configuration myself, although I usually use it with dynamic IPs.

Make sure you didn't accidentally give your friend's computer the same IP address as you did yours (both .100 or both .101).  That would definitely kill it.

Also, make sure .101 isn't used by something else connected to the same wireless access point. 

Johny,

While looking at your bridge screenshot more closely, I now see there is one problem (at least).  And it's all my fault, too. 

I made a mistake in my example settings while typing your DNS server address from your original screenshots.  It is supposed to be 194.65.100.117, not 194.68.100.117.

That is probably all there is to it.  Sorry about that.