Switch port full How to achieve shared Internet access

User questions: A new computer in the local area network to access the Internet share, but the switch port is full, and do not want to buy a separate switch for this, how to achieve?

Answer: This is not difficult, you can use the "one-port sharing" approach to achieve, that is, in the local area network, the two machines share a switch mouth sharing Internet. Before Windows XP, this wish was hard to achieve because the new "bridge" feature in XP made it possible.

First of all, to prepare a computer to install Windows XP system, and install a dual network card, we call this computer "Computer A", and another new addition is called "Computer B." There is to ensure that computer A can normally access the local area network resources.

Step One: Open the Network Properties window and name the original "Local Area Connection" as "Server Side". The "Local Area Connection" of the NIC installed later is renamed "Client", and then the network card is connected to "Computer B" with the straight-through twisted-pair cable.

Step two: Set up the IP-related address of computer B. You should keep the same network segment as computer A, that is, the subnet mask and workgroup are the same as computer A, and the default gateway and DNS address should be entered in computer A's IP address.

After the above settings, the two computers should be able to exchange visits. The next step is to "bridge" the two connections using the "bridge".

Step three: In Computer A and then enter the Network Properties window, select the two connection names and then click the Right button, select the "Network Bridge" command.

The XP system automatically bridges the two connections, opens the Bridge property page, and sets all adapters to connect to the local network. Ok!

Through the above steps of "Toss", computer B can normally access all the resources within the LAN, of course, can share the Internet.