Windows XP question...

In Windows XP, under the Network Connections heading, there exists a connection for a Network Bridge... what is that for?

Network bridging in XP allows you to connect your XP machine with multiple network interfaces (ethernet, wireless, usb, etc) to each other without a router. What this does is allow for inexpensive connections of simple networks.

If this isn't clear here is a good explanation. Link :chug:

Example:

Computer1 ----- XP with two interfaces ----- Computer3
|___________________| |_______________|

A Bridge will make those two connections one logical network looking like:

Computer1 -----XP with two interfaces ----- Computer3
|___________________|_______________|

Thanks for the link...

although this stinks:

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• You cannot create a bridge connection on a computer running Windows 2000 or earlier versions of Windows.

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I was wondering if I could bridge my XP laptop with my 2000 workstation.

I believe that is only a disclaimer to not look for how to setup the bridge from a 2000 machine. The bridge is managed by the machine with 2 nics or interfaces, and it has to have XP. The others that are connected with their single NIC dont have to be XP.

Could he just do a peer to peer setup??

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Originally Posted by POS Racing

Could he just do a peer to peer setup??

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Yep.

Chuck

I am really surprised that no one has told him to go by an Apple. Perhaps MS bashing has finally died down?

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Originally Posted by Titus

I am really surprised that no one has told him to go by an Apple. Perhaps MS bashing has finally died down?

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I'm thinking the folks with Apples don't want to help 3Bean! :clown: :lol:

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Originally Posted by POS Racing

I'm thinking the folks with Apples don't want to help 3Bean! :clown: :lol:

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I'm frankly surprised that no one has sent him on a wild goose chase to screens that don't exist, just for sport. :clown:

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Originally Posted by POS Racing

Could he just do a peer to peer setup??

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Check out the brain on POS! :flower:

Hey Bean... this is really dangerous. What you need to do is disable the Network Bridge cipher link. Start-> Control Panel-> Administrative Tools-> Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Configuration-> then set the cipher cache to 0k. That should take care of it for you! :wink:

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Originally Posted by Titus

I'm frankly surprised that no one has sent him on a wild goose chase to screens that don't exist, just for sport. :clown:

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You would, you bastard! ;)

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Originally Posted by sammm

Check out the brain on POS! :flower:

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I read about it on the internet! :albino: :lol:

Peer to Peer is what we use here at the World Headquarters! :cool:

Nerd!!!