bridge lan & wlan

Hello,
Maybe I have just misunderstood how it should work.
I have a LAN adapter connected to 192.168.0.x.
with my WLAN adaper I create an ad-hoc connection to my laptop. IP
192.168.3.150 and 192.168.3.151, works fine.
I create a bridge on the desktop with these two adapters, get a new ip
address for the bridge 192.168.0.x.
On the laptop I change the ip to 192.168.0.150 (not in the dhcp range)
I can now broadcast and send dhcp discover from the laptop and get a dhcp
offer back with the 192.168.0.x net.
But nothing more. I can't ping anything. If I set the laptop to obtain dhcp
automatically it will not get one and eventually get a 169.x address.
On the laptop I run ethereal and I can see the dhcp disocver/offer and efter
that a protocol "STP" - spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00.
Should I be able to connect to the 192.168.0.x network from my laptop?
(I have no personal firewall running)

thanks for any input.

/Niklas

Hi
May be this can Help.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...wman_02april08.
mspx?pf=trueHi
Jack (MVP-Networking)


"Niklas" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> Maybe I have just misunderstood how it should work.
> I have a LAN adapter connected to 192.168.0.x.
> with my WLAN adaper I create an ad-hoc connection to my laptop. IP
> 192.168.3.150 and 192.168.3.151, works fine.
> I create a bridge on the desktop with these two adapters, get a new ip
> address for the bridge 192.168.0.x.
> On the laptop I change the ip to 192.168.0.150 (not in the dhcp range)
> I can now broadcast and send dhcp discover from the laptop and get a dhcp
> offer back with the 192.168.0.x net.
> But nothing more. I can't ping anything. If I set the laptop to obtain
dhcp
> automatically it will not get one and eventually get a 169.x address.
> On the laptop I run ethereal and I can see the dhcp disocver/offer and
efter
> that a protocol "STP" - spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00.
> Should I be able to connect to the 192.168.0.x network from my laptop?
> (I have no personal firewall running)
>
> thanks for any input.
>
> /Niklas
>
>