Network bride: loss of Internet connection

[Mark Veldhuis]

Hi,

In XP, I bridged 2 network connections on my PC, like this:


Network bridge:
(Connects to my router, which is connected to cable modem).

IP: 192.168.1.100
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
DNS and gateway: 192.168.1.1 (=router)

This connection is bridged to the LAN adapter on the same PC. I did this
to give PC to an IP address in the range of the router:

PC 2:

LAN adapter:

IP: 192.168.1.110
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
DNS en gateway: 192.168.1.1


This works in XP. I can exchange files between the PCs, and both have
Internet access.

In Vista RC2 however, when I do the exact same thing, I lose my Internet
on both PCs. I can do verything between the PCs, the local network is
fine. But no Internet.
What have I got to do in order to get Internet access back on both
machines?


Regards,
Mark Veldhuis.

 

[Mark Veldhuis]

Oops...Topic should read "network bridge..........", of course

 

[Mark Veldhuis]

Hi,

No-one with an answer to this?
I spent the afternoon trying to fix this problem, but to no avail. The
network bridge is stuck in "local only" mode, and both machines cannot
access the Internet.
Am I the only one with this problem?


Kind regards,
Mark Veldhuis.

 

[nick]

No idea if this helps. Experienced the same problem what I did is turn off
the modem and router for a few seconds and then back on again. That fixed it
for me.

 

[Mark Veldhuis]

Hi,

No idea if this helps. Experienced the same problem what I did is turn off
the modem and router for a few seconds and then back on again. That fixed it
for me.

Thanks for your reply. I didn't try this, but a solution is not needed
anymore.
I got the advise to bridge the 2 connections a while ago. My goal: give
the second PC an IP address in the range of my router, so I could put it
in the NAT forwarding of the router. This way, I could get a high ID in
Emule (file sharing software).
But after playing with Internet Connection Sharing, I found out that
this works as well (after entering the ports in the advanced options of
the ICS screen). So, I don't need to bridge anything anymore.


Kind regards,
Mark Veldhuis.