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...
Canuck57 wrote: > > 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
On 10/10/2010 51 PM, Paul wrote: > Canuck57 wrote: >> >> 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 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.