wireless + Win XP Network Bridging

Another day of banging my head....

Had an old computer in the family room
I was working on for some Scouts.
Wanted to try it out on the home network,
but didn't want to drag it upstairs
to where the Ethernet was located.
Thought I would try using my wireless laptop to our Access Point
and connect via the laptop Ethernet NIC
and use the Win XP Network Bridge between wireless & Ethernet.

Well - couldn't get it to work - mostly on the wireless side.
To begin - each connection works fine by itself -
local Ethernet - works & can ping router
local Wireless - works & can ping router
ok -
Setup the Win XP Network Bridge on the laptop -
local Ethernet enabled & bridged
local Wireless enabled & bridged
Network Bridge - configured & enabled
The bridge takes over the TCP/IP config from each of the 2 networks.
so you have to set either DHCP or static - I used static -

Ok - try pinging my local router - nothing -
lots of other head scratching and trying things - nothing

dragged laptop upstairs and plugged the Ethernet into the Network
still using the Win XP bridge
also - plugged in my protocol analyzer to the Network
tried pinging from the laptop - yup - comes out the Ethernet connection just
fine
unplug the laptop from the Ethernet - still leaving the Win XP bridge
tried pinging from the laptop - nothing !!!!!!!!
ok - disable & un-connect the bridge from the Wireless
try pinging - works just fine -
re-build the bridge - nothing !!!!
I give up -
Anyone get a wireless connection & bridge working ????
or any ideas ??????

"Phil Schuman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Another day of banging my head....
>
> Had an old computer in the family room
> I was working on for some Scouts.
> Wanted to try it out on the home network,
> but didn't want to drag it upstairs
> to where the Ethernet was located.
> Thought I would try using my wireless laptop to our Access Point
> and connect via the laptop Ethernet NIC
> and use the Win XP Network Bridge between wireless & Ethernet.
>
> Well - couldn't get it to work - mostly on the wireless side.
> To begin - each connection works fine by itself -
> local Ethernet - works & can ping router
> local Wireless - works & can ping router
> ok -
> Setup the Win XP Network Bridge on the laptop -
> local Ethernet enabled & bridged
> local Wireless enabled & bridged
> Network Bridge - configured & enabled
> The bridge takes over the TCP/IP config from each of the 2 networks.
> so you have to set either DHCP or static - I used static -
>
> Ok - try pinging my local router - nothing -
> lots of other head scratching and trying things - nothing
>
> dragged laptop upstairs and plugged the Ethernet into the Network
> still using the Win XP bridge
> also - plugged in my protocol analyzer to the Network
> tried pinging from the laptop - yup - comes out the Ethernet
> connection just fine
> unplug the laptop from the Ethernet - still leaving the Win XP bridge
> tried pinging from the laptop - nothing !!!!!!!!
> ok - disable & un-connect the bridge from the Wireless
> try pinging - works just fine -
> re-build the bridge - nothing !!!!
> I give up -
> Anyone get a wireless connection & bridge working ????
> or any ideas ??????
>
>
>
>

The Network Wizard and the Bridge are pure trouble. One should advoid
them and use the classic approach of doing it manually, unless one is
conecting to non NT based O/S(s)you use the NW, but still advoid Bridge
(delete it if it shows up). You may also diable the Wireless Zero
Configuration another source of trhouble.

Duane

I give up -
> Anyone get a wireless connection & bridge working ????
> or any ideas ??????

Unfortunately, I've had no luck with an Orinoco Gold and DLink USB NIC. You
may want to try upgrading the firmware of your NIC. Other than that, I
don't think you're doing anything wrong--it just doesn't work in all
situations.

On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 05:00:36 +0000, Phil Schuman wrote:

> Another day of banging my head....
>
> Had an old computer in the family room
> I was working on for some Scouts.
> Wanted to try it out on the home network,
> but didn't want to drag it upstairs
> to where the Ethernet was located.
> Thought I would try using my wireless laptop to our Access Point
> and connect via the laptop Ethernet NIC
> and use the Win XP Network Bridge between wireless & Ethernet.
>
> Well - couldn't get it to work - mostly on the wireless side.
> To begin - each connection works fine by itself -
> local Ethernet - works & can ping router
> local Wireless - works & can ping router
> ok -
> Setup the Win XP Network Bridge on the laptop -
> local Ethernet enabled & bridged
> local Wireless enabled & bridged
> Network Bridge - configured & enabled
> The bridge takes over the TCP/IP config from each of the 2 networks.
> so you have to set either DHCP or static - I used static -
>
> Ok - try pinging my local router - nothing -
> lots of other head scratching and trying things - nothing
>
> dragged laptop upstairs and plugged the Ethernet into the Network
> still using the Win XP bridge
> also - plugged in my protocol analyzer to the Network
> tried pinging from the laptop - yup - comes out the Ethernet connection just
> fine
> unplug the laptop from the Ethernet - still leaving the Win XP bridge
> tried pinging from the laptop - nothing !!!!!!!!
> ok - disable & un-connect the bridge from the Wireless
> try pinging - works just fine -
> re-build the bridge - nothing !!!!
> I give up -
> Anyone get a wireless connection & bridge working ????
> or any ideas ??????

I had read somewhere a typical rule for a bridge is that it may not
produce it's own packets. I dont know if microsoft got it right and made
it so the laptop's stack cant interact with the networks it is bridging or
not. I havent tested it on my laptop/networks.

DRACO-

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