Any way to share internet with 3 network interfaces?


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Here is the layout. I have 2 Ethernet ports and a WiFi card in my PC. One Ethernet port has a line coming in from the modem. The other has a line going out to a hub. WiFi is broadcasting a SSID.I can not for the life of me figure out how to share the internet with both the Ethernet to the hub and the WiFi at the same time. Host OS is Windows 8. Any help is welcome.

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Just grabbed that. I saw it in a previous search but I didn't see the Lite version. This seems to solve my problems in conjunction with ICS. I use Connectify to link my modem-in to the WiFi and then I use ICS to link Ethernet to Ethernet.

Internet connection sharing?

Doesn't seem the have the ability to share to 2 interfaces at the same time.

Don't have Wifi on here to test, but can't you select the Ethernet And Wifi adapters and choose 'bridge' ?

Bridge didn't seem to work for me. I could have been doing it wrong though.

Thanks for the help guys.

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Bridge didn't seem to work for me. I could have been doing it wrong though.

I'm not sure if you can do it, as I say I don't have wifi on this machine to test it, but iirc you just highlight the 2 adapters and right click > bridge

Any reason you can't just use the routers wifi connection instead and just share the ethernet ?

Or share the wifi on a different machine connected to the hub ?

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It's a basic Windows setting since ages, no need for a 3rd party software.

Open the "network connection" > right click on the interface > properties > advanced tab > enable the share.

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It's a basic Windows setting since ages, no need for a 3rd party software.

Open the "network connection" > right click on the interface > properties > advanced tab > enable the share.

But is that available to do on more than 1 adapter at the same time, that's what he's trying to do :)

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I'm not sure if you can do it, as I say I don't have wifi on this machine to test it, but iirc you just highlight the 2 adapters and right click > bridge

Any reason you can't just use the routers wifi connection instead and just share the ethernet ?

Or share the wifi on a different machine connected to the hub ?

I wanted to get rid of the router just to have less clutter on my desk. Seems that DNS lookup's are super slow and speeds aren't steady when I have everything setup on my PC. So much for getting rid of the router.

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I wanted to get rid of the router just to have less clutter on my desk. Seems that DNS lookup's are super slow and speeds aren't steady when I have everything setup on my PC. So much for getting rid of the router.

Yea routers are kinda useful :)

Just move it under the desk or behind the monitor out of the way, much less hassle than playing with ICS, also means you don't have to rely on the main ICS pc being booted if someone wants to use another machine

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I wanted to get rid of the router just to have less clutter on my desk. Seems that DNS lookup's are super slow and speeds aren't steady when I have everything setup on my PC. So much for getting rid of the router.

In that case, keep the router, it will protect you a lot from external attacks.

If you really want to use Windows as a router, go for Windows Server instead.

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You can bridge the wireless and a NIC with the other NIC connected for internet and ICS to the bridge.

The wireless would need to be set for ad hoc unless you have AP mode.

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