Experiment.

heroman87 · 07-08-2009, 10:00 PM

Okay, so first things first. I have an Asus Crosshair II Formula Motherboard, which is equipped with 2 ethernet connections. If I were to plug my DSL line into one ethernet port, and a cable running out of the other one, into the internet-in port on my wireless router, is it possible to bridge the DSL connection through my PC into the router? I would be trying to use the router as you would in any other set up.
I have a Linksys WRT54G2 router.

Prometheus_Fire · 07-09-2009, 02:21 AM

It's possible to bridge the connection to another PC or games console, so I would assume it is do-able via ICS.

Why not just use the other switchports on the router to connect everything? What is the purpose of trying to bridge the connection?

**johnwill** · 07-09-2009, 08:50 AM

I'd bridge the connections, not use ICS. ICS introduces a second NAT layer which complicates many application setups.

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heroman87 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 107 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate	Experiment. Okay, so first things first. I have an Asus Crosshair II Formula Motherboard, which is equipped with 2 ethernet connections. If I were to plug my DSL line into one ethernet port, and a cable running out of the other one, into the internet-in port on my wireless router, is it possible to bridge the DSL connection through my PC into the router? I would be trying to use the router as you would in any other set up. I have a Linksys WRT54G2 router. __________________ ASUS Crosshair II AM2 AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ 3.2GHZ 4GB Corsair XMS2 PC5400 Dual-SLI'd 8800gt 512mb

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Prometheus_Fire Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 134 OS: Win2K, WinXP, Win Vista, Win2K3, Win2K8, IOS	Re: Experiment. It's possible to bridge the connection to another PC or games console, so I would assume it is do-able via ICS. Why not just use the other switchports on the router to connect everything? What is the purpose of trying to bridge the connection? __________________ Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid minific; Feign do I fathom your nature's specific Exaltedly set on the aether capacious A reasonable facsimile of a gem carbonaceous.

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johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,774 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Experiment. I'd bridge the connections, not use ICS. ICS introduces a second NAT layer which complicates many application setups. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience