To get it to work I put in a static IP and left the subnet mask as it was (255.255.255.0) on the wired network. I left the DNS/gateway blank because I presumed I wouldn't need them because the gateway and router would be on the wireless network. When I bridge the connections and try to type in a fixed IP, gateway etc it just won't work. I can't connect to any other devices on the network let alone the internet.CHokKA said:|Thomas|, what kind of connection issues where you experiencing? When you manually configured the connections, did you put in the IP, Default Gateway, and Primary DNS? Your Default Gateway and Primary DNS should always be the IP address of your Router (if that is connected directly to the broadband connection). I've got these settings configured on each of my adapters in my PC first, and then I create a bridge and give the bridge new details. So for eg my setup is like this:
Wireless adapter IP: 192.168.0.7
Wired adapter IP: 192.168.0.8
Network bridge IP: 192.168.0.1
All of those IP's are allowed through the firewall in both the router and my software firewall using a security rule. When the network bridge has been created, I have to run the "netsh bridge set a 1 e" command before I am able to browse the Internet on my PC, as this has the wireless card inside it, which is in turn connected to the router, which is connected to the internet. That command forces certain wireless adapters to behave in a certain way, allowing you to browse the internet if you have connection troubles beforehand.
I honestly can't see that having a static or a dynamic IP address would make any difference, unless you didn't input the Default Gateway and Primary DNS IP's when you set the connection details.
Let me know how you get on.
And my wireless adapter is a intel pro/wireless 2200BG (inbuilt), they're might be some software for it on the master disk, I'll have a look

Thanks for your help

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