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    problems with XP's network bridge

    Short version if you can't be bothered to read to the end of this:
    This machine sits between two networks which both work fine. If I enable the WinXP bridge, neither one works and no machine can ping any other. What am I doing wrong / Is there another way round it?

    And now for the longer version...

    This machine (XP Home) has a wireless connection to the router downstairs; it also has a crossover cable to my soon-to-be-a-webserver running FreeBSD. The wireless network is configured by DHCP, and the wired bit has static IPs - 192.168.0.1 for this desktop, and .2 for the BSD machine. As I type this, I can ping machines on either network.

    My aim is to get the BSD machine accessible from the internet, as it'd be a pretty poor webserver otherwise. XP's network bridge seems to enable ok, and Network Connections states that both networks are "Enabled, Bridged" but I have no internet access and can't ping any machine from any other. ipconfig tells me that my IP is 0.0.0.0; in the bridge properties it's set to obtain an IP automatically, which I assume should still work for the wireless bit of the network, but it obviously doesn't for some reason. Adding in the static 192.168.0.1 address in the "Alternative Configuration" makes no difference to anything.

    - Do I need to set the BSD machine to look for a DHCP server, rather than have a static IP address?

    - Even if that's true, I don't understand why enabling the bridge stops the wireless connection from working. What am I doing wrong? or, alternatively, is there another way to achieve what I want? I didn't think it was necessary to have a bridge in order to have a daisychain network, but I don't know how to go about it.

    Thanks in advance... I don't know what I'd do without this place

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    Thanks for the link! Forcing both adaptors lets me get internet access (but not access to the other Windows machine downstairs) and I can ping the BSD box, but I can't use that to ping the other way. It does seem to be able to find the DHCP server and come up with its own IP address, though.

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    the hassel i had trying to set up a network with 2x p.cs direct link was really ...............hard

    since i installed w2k on both machines i have never looked back


    hate xp now


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    i use 2k, after knowing basics its so easy, - sorry didnt read the post just backing sparrow up on this one

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    cheers gr44

    i still hate xp........................lol


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    Re: problems with XP's network bridge

    Thx Jiif

    Been searching for two ours before I found your post on microsoft thread. You da man!

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