Using the "Bridge" feature in Windows XP

The current LAN is quite popular, and often encounters the following conditions:

A new client is added to the LAN, but the hub port is full, and adding a hub to a computer is not economical. How to do? The "bridge" feature of Windows XP comes in handy, but requires a prerequisite that there must be a Windows XP system client with a dual network card installed in the LAN. The following describes the specific implementation method:

In order to easily distinguish the description object, the following client with dual network card is called "customer A", and the new client is called "customer B". And the setting method is as follows:

Assume that the network segment used by the LAN is 192.168.0.x.

First, ensure that "Customer A" can access the resources and Internet on the LAN, and configure the dual network card. The IP address of the network card connected to the hub is 192.168.0.1, and the IP address of the network card connected to "Customer B" is 192.168.0.2. Open "Network and Dial-up Connection", rename the "Local Area Connection" that was originally connected to the LAN to "Local Area Connection - Host", rename another "Local Area Connection" to "Local Area Connection - Customer", and then use twisted pair ( The two-machine direct connection method connects the network card corresponding to the "local connection-customer" and the network card on the "customer B" machine directly.

Next, set the network attribute on the "Customer B" machine, specify an empty IP address and "computer name", such as IP address: 192.168.0.3, computer name: customer B, other settings such as "subnet" The settings for Mask, Default Gateway, DNS Server, and Customer A are the same.

Now if "Customer A" and "Customer B" can access each other's resources, then it means that they have already succeeded in half. The next thing to do is to use Windows XP "bridge" to "local connection - host "Connect with "Local Area Connection - Customer".

On the "Client A" machine, enter the "Network and Dial-up Connection" window, select "Local Area Connection - Client" and "Local Area Connection - Host" right click, click the "Bridge" command in the right-click menu. The system starts to bridge the two connections. If all the above settings are correct, the bridge will be successfully enabled. An icon for the "Network Bridge" will now appear. Right click on the icon and select "Properties". Set the IP properties in the "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" property (as shown). For example: 192.168.0.4. Well, now the "Customer B" machine can also access other computers on the LAN and the Internet. So far, the two machines share a Hub port to share Internet access in the LAN.