question that is sometimes encountered in their daily work: how to enable users to mutual communication between the different local area network. To resolve this problem, you can use WindowsXP Bridge feature to implement. First of all to find two network cards on a single computer, by respectively the network cable connected to the two local area networks, second installWindowsXP operating system is installed on a computer with two network cards, and install the drivers for the two network cards and some other settings (such as TCP/IP Protocol). After working in making these preparations, we will be able to experience the network bridge feature of WindowsXP.

Windows XP network bridge function configuration can be carried out in three steps: First step: to bridge two different LAN segment interfaces, configure the appropriate IP address. We provide computer network connection 1 Configuring a static IP address on the LAN segment a (such as IP:202.120.30.1, subnet mask: 255.255.255.0, gateway: 202.120.30.1), as the LAN segment a (202.120.30.0 segment) network interface. We also configured for the network connection 2 on a computer a static IP address on the LAN segment b (such as IP:192.168.0.1, subnet mask: 255.255.255.0, gateway: 192.168.0.1) as LAN segment b (the 192.168.0.0 network segment) network interface. The second step: start the Windows XP network bridge function. Selected "local connection" (NIC 1--connection LAN-a), click mouse right key, in pop-up of shortcut menu in the, click "new network bridge" command item,WindowsXP on will appears a network bridge of icon, but at this time network bridge icon Shang has red fork, description network bridge function temporarily also cannot normal work, this is because at this time network bridge in the only exists a network interface. And then we "local area connection 2" (NIC LAN 2--connection b) also performed on a "new bridge" after the operation, you will find a red cross on the bridge icon is gone. When clicking the bridge icon with the right mouse button, the shortcut menu, select "Properties", will pop up "Network Bridge properties" dialog box in the dialog box, you can test the network interface's properties. The third step: complete use Windows XP network bridge function in other settings. After you enable the network bridge, we have LAN segment a (202.120.30.0 network) gateway for all hosts in set static IP addresses for network adapter 1: 202.12.; LAN segment b (the 192.168.0.0 network segment) gateway for all hosts in set to static IP address on the network connection 2: 192.168.. Now in the 202.120.30.0 choose one computer in a network segment (such as 202.120.30.8), in the "run" dialog box, open the command line enter: ping 192.168.0.8, to receive a Reply, under normal conditions From 192.168.0.8 sth Response description Bridge works. At this point, the WindowsXP network bridge features are configured. In actual use during the Windows XP network bridge features not only can be used to connect two LAN segments, you can connect more than one LAN segment, as long as the network interface as described above and then click Join bridge segments