XP Bridge - All computers not accessible

[Steven Thrasher]

I have an ethernet network with subnet 192.168.42.x and a phoneline
network with subnet 192.168.0.x. A laptop on the ethernet network has
an XP Bridge (IP 192.168.0.1) bridging both ethernet and phoneline
networks.

Here's the problem: The laptop can ping the computer (there's only
one) on the phoneline network by it's hostname, and the computer on
the phoneline network can ping the laptop by it's hostname. However,
no other computers on the ethernet network can access the phoneline
networked computer, and vice versa.

Thanks for any insight you may have.

Btw, if it's relevant, I also have Internet Connection Sharing enabled
on the laptop, and all computers on the ethernet network are connected
to a Linksys Router connected to my cable modem. All computers use
DHCP.

 

[Chuck]

I have an ethernet network with subnet 192.168.42.x and a phoneline
network with subnet 192.168.0.x. A laptop on the ethernet network has
an XP Bridge (IP 192.168.0.1) bridging both ethernet and phoneline
networks.

Here's the problem: The laptop can ping the computer (there's only
one) on the phoneline network by it's hostname, and the computer on
the phoneline network can ping the laptop by it's hostname. However,
no other computers on the ethernet network can access the phoneline
networked computer, and vice versa.

Thanks for any insight you may have.

Btw, if it's relevant, I also have Internet Connection Sharing enabled
on the laptop, and all computers on the ethernet network are connected
to a Linksys Router connected to my cable modem. All computers use
DHCP.

Steven,

If you're using the laptop as an ICS host, you probably have ICF
enabled. You'll have to disable it, on the Ethernet and Phoneline
connections, to get file sharing to work.

According to the Help article "Network bridge overview", "The network
bridge manages your LAN segments and creates a single subnet for the
entire network.". Your having two subnets probably doesn't help file
sharing either.

BTW, Is that your actual email address in From:? Learn to munge
properly, to keep yourself a bit safer.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Steven Thrasher]

If you're using the laptop as an ICS host, you probably have ICF

enabled.

No ICF. My Linksys router provides the firewall.

Your having two subnets probably doesn't help file
sharing either.

I thought so too, but the bridge doesn't seem to work at all when I
configure the bridge itself for DHCP (to grab an IP from the Linksys
router) or when it is setup with the same subnet as the ethernet
network. It all makes me think that they have to be on separate
subnets and that I need to setup special routing tables or something
(???) in order to get file sharing on all computers to work.

BTW, Is that your actual email address in From:?

Not really. It's my "high risk" account. Spam away.

Thanks for help.