where to get info on bridge

[nuttervm]

i was talking to a more network saavy friend of mine a while ago, and he mentioed something called a bridge that tweaked my interest. is there a place i can get some good info on this technology, and perhaps some product examples? tia

 

[Herr Yunta]

Are you sure about a bridge? For starters, here is a definition:

http://www.whatis.com/bridge.htm

 

[nuttervm]

not sure...

i was looking for a piece of hardware that would give those on my smaller lan access to computers on the lan that my server/router is hooked up to

 

[bhuie]

For all intents and purposes, a bridge and a switch are functionally the same, but no one really uses the term bridge anymore. So you probably want to look for information on switches rather than bridges when you do your research.

How exactly is your network set up? Are your server/router on a different subnet than your smaller LAN? Do you want to merge both the LANs together?

 

[nuttervm]

i am on a college lan where there is a huge network of computers. i have the network connected to my server which runs win2k internet sharing, and allows my other computer(s) to have internet access, but not have access to the other computers on the network. basically a small sub-network. they are connected via a dlink dss5+ switch. is there a way to allow the computers on the subnetwork to have access to the campus network(without taking additional ip addresses)?

 

[bhuie]

I think that Windows internet connection sharing does Network Address Translation, so your sub-network should be able to access the campus network (using IP) just like the internet. If you're talking about Windows networking (Network Neighborhood), then I'm not sure what you would need. Maybe someone with a better knowledge of Windows file sharing can help.

 

[Unclemo]

ah... bridge, what a great game.. oh oopss..

 

[nuttervm]

yeah, i was talking aobut windows networking. i was told that there is no software solution for this, that i needed some sort of hardware to enable that.

 

[IsOs]

A visual representation of bridge, switch, etc.

http://www.helmig.com/j_helmig/switch.htm

 

[bhuie]

Ok, I think I know what the problem is. You're going to need a router that does network address translation in order to get this working. The problem is that Windows ICS will only forward/translate IP packets between the two networks. Windows networking uses NetBEUI (I think) so those packets are going to be dropped by the computer doing the connection sharing. You'll need to configure the router to specifically forward NetBEUI packets.

I hope this helps.