Win 7 and bridging network

[Canuck57]

Here is a challenge that maybe someone has tried.

I have a TV that can do Ethernet and needs routing to the Internet. But
no Ethernet near by.

I am going to connect a computer to the TV, and it has both a Ethernet
and a Wireless card in it. Wireless isn't the issue, the PC uses the
wireless flawlessly.

So the question becomes, with Vista or Win 7 Home Premium can I connect
the TV to the PC's Ethernet, and have it route through to the wireless
to negate the need to run cable?

If Vista/Win 7 can do routing, can it do a true Ethernet bridge to get
the DHCP/DNS from the wireless router or do I need to setup a second
network of 2 systems?

Tips, tricks appreciated...

 

[Paul]

Here is a challenge that maybe someone has tried.

I have a TV that can do Ethernet and needs routing to the Internet. But
no Ethernet near by.

I am going to connect a computer to the TV, and it has both a Ethernet
and a Wireless card in it. Wireless isn't the issue, the PC uses the
wireless flawlessly.

So the question becomes, with Vista or Win 7 Home Premium can I connect
the TV to the PC's Ethernet, and have it route through to the wireless
to negate the need to run cable?

If Vista/Win 7 can do routing, can it do a true Ethernet bridge to get
the DHCP/DNS from the wireless router or do I need to setup a second
network of 2 systems?

Tips, tricks appreciated...

Something like this perhaps ? There may be a restriction on the value
of the subnet on the Ethernet side. I think when I tested this a long time
ago, the Ethernet link on the right, ended up as 192.168.0.x . I don't know
if that'll be an issue for you or not.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Using-ICS-Internet-Connection-Sharing

What I tested was like this:

ADSL modem ------- Computer #1 ---------- Computer #2
ICS

I could web surf from Computer #2 to the Internet. The reason I was
using this setup, is the Ethernet segment on the right was running
at a 1 Gigabit rate, and I was doing bandwidth testing between
Computer #1 and #2, just to see whether I could run such a link
flat out or not.

In that test, Computer #1 had two Ethernet interfaces, but you
could equally well mix two other types of interfaces as far as
I know. The only thing you can't do any more, in Windows 7,
is connect Computer #1 to Computer #2, with a Firewire network
at 400Mbit/sec. That is no longer supported. In an OS like WinXP or
Win2K, the right hand network wire could have been Firewire.

Paul

 

[Canuck57]

Something like this perhaps ? There may be a restriction on the value
of the subnet on the Ethernet side. I think when I tested this a long time
ago, the Ethernet link on the right, ended up as 192.168.0.x . I don't know
if that'll be an issue for you or not.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Using-ICS-Internet-Connection-Sharing


What I tested was like this:

ADSL modem ------- Computer #1 ---------- Computer #2
ICS

I could web surf from Computer #2 to the Internet. The reason I was
using this setup, is the Ethernet segment on the right was running
at a 1 Gigabit rate, and I was doing bandwidth testing between
Computer #1 and #2, just to see whether I could run such a link
flat out or not.

In that test, Computer #1 had two Ethernet interfaces, but you
could equally well mix two other types of interfaces as far as
I know. The only thing you can't do any more, in Windows 7,
is connect Computer #1 to Computer #2, with a Firewire network
at 400Mbit/sec. That is no longer supported. In an OS like WinXP or
Win2K, the right hand network wire could have been Firewire.

Paul

Paul, that is exactly what I want to do except the ADSL modem is my
internal router and Computer #2 is the TV. Going to give this a try.