Windows 10: Tried to bridge the connection of the Wifi and Ethernet, now my ethernet does not work on...

Tried to bridge the connection between my Wireless Wifi and ethernet. All of a sudden my ethernet status goes down and now says "network cable unplugged", even though its not. Ethernet cable is brand new too. Motherboard is a ASUS Tuf B760M Wifi DDR5

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Bridging wifi and ethernet connections – wifi keeps disconnecting

Hi all,

I am trying to use Windows to bridge my wifi connection to non wifi devices. I have successfully setup the bridge in Network Connections. However, the wifi only stays connected for a few seconds before it disconnects (everything is working as expected, with wired devices having internet access, until wifi disconnects). This seems to be something to do with the ethernet cable being connected, as when I disconnect the ethernet the wifi stays connected.

Things I have tried:

• Turning off power management and checking bios for any funky power management settings
  
• Setting "Priority & VLAN" to disabled
  
• Disabling "Automatic metic" and setting wifi to priority order – though you don't seem to be able to change this for specific connections when bridged.
  

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

P.S. everything works fine with bridge disabled and using internet connection sharing enabled on the wifi. However I am unable to connect to devices such as printers (hence why I am trying bridged mode).

 

How to bridge WiFi with Ethernet in Windows 10?

How to bridge WiFi with Ethernet in Windows 10?

I was trying to share my WiFi internet with my Ethernet adapter in order to provide internet to another device. The problem I was running into was that the device connected to the Ethernet port would not detect a connection (169.254.X.X address). After spending
countless hours I finally found the solution:

1. Download and install the latest drivers for your Ethernet adapter directly from the manufacturer's web site. For some reason, Microsoft made some kind of change in Windows 10 that causes bridged connections to fail, so drivers have to be updated.

2. Open Settings, click on Network & Internet and select Change adapter options. Remove any current bridged connections

3. Create a new bridge by first selecting the WiFi adapter and then the Ethernet adapter. Finally right-click on the WiFi adapter (while both are selected) and select Bridge Connection.

4. This is optional but I like to make sure there are no IP conflicts. Right-click the Network Bridge adapter and select Properties. Select TCP/IP v4 and click Properties to configure a static IP Address.

FYI: If you have the MSI Z370 series motherboad, make sure the Network Stack option is disabled in the BIOS. It will tremendously affect performance.

I am posting this to help future users with this bridging issue.

V/R

Chris H

 

WIFI Works, Ethernet won't

OK but why?

NOT YELLING, JUST EMPHASIZING

Please note, I installed the new Lynksis, it worked just fine for 3-4 days on both my MACBOOK PRO when in ethernet connect and the Dell, then the ethernet just quit working for both my MacBook Pro and Dell desktop. It did work, then just quit for no apparent reason. WIFi for iPhone, iPad, Andriod Phone, and when I set to wifi for my MacBook pro all work fine.

Detailed history: I first noticed that on my Desktop dell that is CAT5 ethernet connected to the WIFI ROuter, that it stopped, no internet access. I began to trouble shoot, and turned off my WIFI on my MAcbook and it wouldnt work either, plugged into same router but different cat5 cable. At that time, all WIFI devices still worked. I figured that it must be the ethernet side of the WIFI router, so I replaced the router with brand new one. the Lynksys N900 listed in original thread. Ethernet and everything worked just fine for 3-4 days. But then ethernet quit, but wifi still works.

Whatever the problem, it affects both my MacBook Pro and Dell with WIN 7. I'm guessing it is NOT a computer problem, if it is it is affecting both my Mac and Dell, separate cat 5 cables to same wifi router

To remixedcat, I don't know for sure how to check IP settings, see above post, no damage apparent to anything.