Bridge Wireless and Wired Nic

[RandomUsr]

Hi All,

I seem to think that I'm well versed in basic home networking and competent enough to figure out most issues. Alas, I can't for the life of me, understand how to make a bridge between My wireless Nic and Wired nic.

The Ultimate goal is to have the two bridged so that I can attach a second pc and perhaps multiple pc's effectively having a bus network with the end pc acting as a wireless bridge/access point client to my router.

At the moment, I have the Bridge to Nowhere! (I know, lame)

What can I say, I'm uber cheap.

Right now I want to bridge the wifi nic and wired nic on the Host pc and allow wired connection from the first client pc. Aside from the bridge itself, how do I need to set up the IP Addresses and what protocols need to be installed on Each nic?

I wouldn't mine knowing how to use ICS, but I hear this is quite poor and wouldn't be desirable.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[thiggins]

Sorry, but I'm not following what you are trying to do. A diagram would help.

Bridging the two adapters is easy. Open up Network Connections, select the two adapters and select Advanced > Bridge Connections.

A bridge assigns a single IP address to a virtual adapter comprised of the two or more physical network adapters. It doesn't perform routing or connection sharing.

I don't understand the cost that you are trying to save.

 

[kobyhud]

he is planning to "borrow" someone else's internet connection through the wireless adapter.

 

[RandomUsr]

My Mistake

My Apologies for not placing a diagram here. I had figured out the single ip address was the issue I was running into. I thought I had to assign multiple IP addresses; one for each physical adapter.

When I realzed that was not the issue, I still had an IP Address conflict. I assigned a manual IP Address to the first client PC behind the bridge on the host machine and voila; internet for all on the network.

-kobyhud,

I wasn't trying to "Borrow", "wink wink", anyone else' connection. I have a router in a position that far away from the desktops. My dilemma was whether or not to buy three wifi adapters, bridge the existing wired nics, or buy an access point.

I bought a wifi adapter on sale, and was up and running. This will work for the moment, but I'm gonna have to break for a wireless bridge/ap at some point, because it's rediculous to have all of those pc's on for connection.
Right now they have to be on anyways, so no big deal.