Bridging an ADSL dialup and ethernet network

[Adam]

I'm probably just being really thick here, but how does one go about
using windows XP to bridge a "LAN or High speed internet
connection" (as I believe they call it) with an ADSL dial-up
connection (i.e. basically the function of a consumer ADSL router)?
Presumably the idea is to use XP's "bridge connections" feature, but
it won't let me do this with an ethernet and dial-up connection.

As I say, this is probably a major oversight on my part, but I hope
someone can help

A

 

[smlunatick]

I'm probably just being really thick here, but how does one go about
using windows XP to bridge a "LAN or High speed internet
connection" (as I believe they call it) with an ADSL dial-up
connection (i.e. basically the function of a consumer ADSL router)?
Presumably the idea is to use XP's "bridge connections" feature, but
it won't let me do this with an ethernet and dial-up connection.

As I say, this is probably a major oversight on my part, but I hope
someone can help

A

One does not normally set up a bridge with a DSL and Ethernet card.
To "bridge" networks connections in XP, you usually require 2 network
adapters that are of the same type and on the same network(???) Since
DSL connections would have WAN IP addresses and Ethernet adapter would
have private IP addresses (ie: 192.168.1.10,) I do not believe you can
"bridge" these two.

Most routers do not "bridge" networks. They "route" them. The WAN
ports act like a PC's dial-up connections and the LAN port(s) just
provide the network switch to let the PCs have Internet access.

 

[Adam]

One does not normally set up a bridge with a DSL and Ethernet card.
To "bridge" networks connections in XP, you usually require 2 network
adapters that are of the same type and on the same network(???) Since
DSL connections would have WAN IP addresses and Ethernet adapter would
have private IP addresses (ie: 192.168.1.10,) I do not believe you can
"bridge" these two.

Most routers do not "bridge" networks. They "route" them. The WAN
ports act like a PC's dial-up connections and the LAN port(s) just
provide the network switch to let the PCs have Internet access.

So ICS is what I was looking for. Thanks for clearing that up

A

 

[Lem]

I'm probably just being really thick here, but how does one go about
using windows XP to bridge a "LAN or High speed internet
connection" (as I believe they call it) with an ADSL dial-up
connection (i.e. basically the function of a consumer ADSL router)?
Presumably the idea is to use XP's "bridge connections" feature, but
it won't let me do this with an ethernet and dial-up connection.

As I say, this is probably a major oversight on my part, but I hope
someone can help

A

It sounds as if what you want to do is to share your DSL dial-up
connection with your LAN computers. Use Windows Internet Connection
Sharing (ICS) for this, rather than "bridge connections." This is often
done to share an Internet connection with a local wifi network, but it
will work the same with a wired LAN.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/bowman_02april08.mspx
also search Internet Connection Sharing in Help & Support, or just run
the Network Setup Wizard