11-05-2015, 03:45 PM
In Windows XP, a bridge is a separate concept from Internet Connection Sharing.
I'm trying to run eth0 (via a Cat5 cable) into a wireless router "modem" port. The wireless router then establishes a network of it's own. The netbook is simply connecting the upstairs DSL-modem/wifi-router to the downstair's router's WAN port. The upstairs unit is configured to know about the router at that node, i.e., so called router behind router.
The whole point of doing this is to get some wired ports (on the downstairs wireless router) for plugging older machines into the network without buying a USB wireless adapter for every machine. But it also offers some degree of isolation of upstairs from downstairs as I rent the space.
I'm trying to run eth0 (via a Cat5 cable) into a wireless router "modem" port. The wireless router then establishes a network of it's own. The netbook is simply connecting the upstairs DSL-modem/wifi-router to the downstair's router's WAN port. The upstairs unit is configured to know about the router at that node, i.e., so called router behind router.
The whole point of doing this is to get some wired ports (on the downstairs wireless router) for plugging older machines into the network without buying a USB wireless adapter for every machine. But it also offers some degree of isolation of upstairs from downstairs as I rent the space.