Bridgeing

[NICKCARTER]

Hi
A frend of mine are trying to use 2 networkcard´s to "bridge" together different part of a lan network
together (one rj45 100mb & one quax 10mb), he´s running win98 se.
Is this possible with win98? and how do he config it.
Now he has to disable one card to use the other one.......

 

[rw120555]

Couldn't you just connect machines to a common switch? Anyway, bridging is easy to do in XP, but I don't think it can be done in Win98.

In WinXP, go into Network Connections. Select Both Ethernet Cards. Right click. Choose Bridge Connections.

The two networks will then be seemlessly merged into a single network.

 

[NICKCARTER]

The network use to be an old quax (BNC), but now some part have been upgrade to rj45 cabel(100mb)
The 2 nic´s config is to link the new one and the old one(not much use´d).
I now where is hubs with both media but the price is to high here (about 50$).
If this config is working it had been nice.........

 

[rw120555]

How big is the old network? You could take one of those 2 nics out and put it in an old machine, and then buy additional NICs and switches/hubs as needed. Also, an ICS-type solution might work (I'm skeptical but I've heard of people trying it).

 

[NICKCARTER]

The old network is today limited to his music room i the basement, and the
connection to his computing room on the 2:and floor.
The big problem is the cable, it is very tricky to replace and it is about 100 ft long.
Ofcurse, it is a easy problem to fix if it was a big problem but just for some file transfer
onceinawhile it had been very easy to use 2 networkcards.
I do have a 386 set up with Freesco, it can be config as a bridge........
Mabe we try it out.
What is an ICS-type solution????

 

[rw120555]

ICS is Microsoft's Internet Connection Sharing Software. It is often used when people do not have a router, e.g. one pc acts as internet server and rest act as clients. There was a thread or two recently where people were trying to use it for bridging purposes similar to what you describe, but I don't know if they got it to work or not.