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I have a laptop with Windows XP Home. It has integrated wireless and an
ethernet port. I have a D-Link wireless router. Both the wireless
connection, and the etherlink port work well. Two other computers in my
house are part of our home network. I enabled file sharing, and I am able to
share files between computers.

If I run the Network Setup Wizard, which Windows says is recommended for
security, Windows creates a "bridge" in My Network Connections, and then
neither the wireless or the etherlink port will work. If I delete the
"bridge", they both work again. I am not selecting the option in the Wizard
of "connecting directly to the internet" since I am using the D-Link router.
What's going on here? Do I have some kind of security risk because I can't
run the Wizard? What is a "bridge" for in my case?

thanks, Kevin

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

You will be better off learning how to manually configure your Network.


Log to this Site there is a lot of links to configuration instructions.



www.ezlan.net



Jack (MVP-Networking).



"Kevin" <jkevn@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> I have a laptop with Windows XP Home. It has integrated wireless and an
> ethernet port. I have a D-Link wireless router. Both the wireless
> connection, and the etherlink port work well. Two other computers in my
> house are part of our home network. I enabled file sharing, and I am able
to
> share files between computers.
>
> If I run the Network Setup Wizard, which Windows says is recommended for
> security, Windows creates a "bridge" in My Network Connections, and then
> neither the wireless or the etherlink port will work. If I delete the
> "bridge", they both work again. I am not selecting the option in the
Wizard
> of "connecting directly to the internet" since I am using the D-Link
router.
> What's going on here? Do I have some kind of security risk because I can't
> run the Wizard? What is a "bridge" for in my case?
>
> thanks, Kevin
>
>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

Greetings Kevin,

If two or more network devices are installed, the Network Setup Wizard will
create the Network Bridge if you don't tell it not do. For more details,
see the following links.

How to prevent the Network Setup Wizard from creating a bridge in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;283429

XP ICS - Network Bridge
http://www.practicallynetworked.co [...] bridge.htm

_____________
Eric Cross
Microsoft MVP (Windows Networking)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/


"Kevin" <jkevn@comcast.net> wrote in message
news2hUFHHVEHA.3664@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I have a laptop with Windows XP Home. It has integrated wireless and an
> ethernet port. I have a D-Link wireless router. Both the wireless
> connection, and the etherlink port work well. Two other computers in my
> house are part of our home network. I enabled file sharing, and I am able
to
> share files between computers.
>
> If I run the Network Setup Wizard, which Windows says is recommended for
> security, Windows creates a "bridge" in My Network Connections, and then
> neither the wireless or the etherlink port will work. If I delete the
> "bridge", they both work again. I am not selecting the option in the
Wizard
> of "connecting directly to the internet" since I am using the D-Link
router.
> What's going on here? Do I have some kind of security risk because I can't
> run the Wizard? What is a "bridge" for in my case?
>
> thanks, Kevin
>
>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

"Kevin" <jkevn@comcast.net> wrote in message news2hUFHHVEHA.3664@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I have a laptop with Windows XP Home. It has integrated wireless and an
> ethernet port. I have a D-Link wireless router. Both the wireless
> connection, and the etherlink port work well. Two other computers in my
> house are part of our home network. I enabled file sharing, and I am able to
> share files between computers.
>
> If I run the Network Setup Wizard, which Windows says is recommended for
> security, Windows creates a "bridge" in My Network Connections, and then
> neither the wireless or the etherlink port will work. If I delete the
> "bridge", they both work again. I am not selecting the option in the Wizard
> of "connecting directly to the internet" since I am using the D-Link router.
> What's going on here? Do I have some kind of security risk because I can't
> run the Wizard? What is a "bridge" for in my case?

In your case, a "bridge" is a fake "software" netcard created by Windows.
It is forwarding network packets between two real ethernet adapters.
Many wireless (802.11) cards are not capable to work in this mode, though Windows may think they are ethernet.
So, simple brigding does not work on them, and you need to use other options like ICS:
http://www.practicallynetworked.co [...] ateway.htm

--PA