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Originally Posted by Stuart W
OK, give me some more details...
what kind of networks are you bridging and why?
Also, will a lot of members find the info usefull, or just a select few?
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Ok, prime scenario.
You have two PC's in your bedroom, or a PC and Xbox, so using your very well thought out terminology, PC and Host.
You have a wired router (running DHCP 192.168.1.x so it would conflict with ICS) in a different room to yours (say your dad's computer room, or downstairs near the STB) and you only want one cable going into your room.
Your PC has two network cards.
You may have a laptop which normally connects to a network, at work for instance, which doesn't use DHCP, so has an IP such as 10.0.0.10 and you don't fancy having to change it to DHCP everytime.
You set your second NIC to an ip in the same range as your host, or if you can use DHCP, set it to use that.
In the network connection screen you select both connections (hold down ctrl and click on both) then right click on one of them and select bridge.
XP will then turn your PC into a bridge between the two networks forwarding DHCP requests etc, or if you're using a static IP address, it will sort out the routing.
This is ideal if you already have a wired router in place and at a later date fancy using a wireless laptop, as all you need to do is get a wireless card for your PC and one for your latop, saving you having to buy a wireless router, and throwing away your perfectly good wired router.