Second NIC & Net

[Ron H]

OK! I have a router that feeds a local wired & wireless network with several
PCs including one running XP which is on the wireless side. I want to add a
second NIC to the XP machine to allow some non-wireless capable devices to
be on the local network and access the web through the XP machine and
router. Do I setup new NIC with its own fixed IP address and set fixed IP
addresses on the other devices plugged into it OR can I allow the devices to
get dynamic IP addresses from the router via the XP machine? Would that make
the XP machine the gateway address for the devices? Do I have XP bridge the
networks?

Can someone explain????


Thanks
Ron H.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

OK! I have a router that feeds a local wired & wireless network with several
PCs including one running XP which is on the wireless side. I want to add a
second NIC to the XP machine to allow some non-wireless capable devices to
be on the local network and access the web through the XP machine and
router. Do I setup new NIC with its own fixed IP address and set fixed IP
addresses on the other devices plugged into it OR can I allow the devices to
get dynamic IP addresses from the router via the XP machine? Would that make
the XP machine the gateway address for the devices? Do I have XP bridge the
networks?

Can someone explain????


Thanks
Ron H.

Creating a network bridge might work, and it doesn't require any IP
address setup. Configure all of the devices to obtain an IP address
automatically. The router will give them their setup.

However, some NICs don't support bridging. If bridging doesn't work,
delete the network bridge and enable Internet Connection Sharing on
the wireless network connection:

1. Open the Network Connections folder.
2. Right-click the wireless network connection.
3. Click Properties.
4. Click Advanced.
5. Put a check mark in the sharing box.
6. If it asks what to use for the home networking connection, tell it
to use the wired NIC connection.

Internet Connection Sharing automatically assigns IP addresses in the
192.168.0.x range. If the router currently uses that range, you'll
have to change the router to another one, such as 192.168.1.x, before
enabling sharing.
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