Share wireless through ethernet windows 8

Any other messages are welcome. Receive news updates via email from this site. Toggle navigation. Author Recent Posts. Michael Pietroforte. Michael Pietroforte is the founder and editor in chief of 4sysops.

He has more than 35 years of experience in IT management and system administration. Latest posts by Michael Pietroforte see all. Email Address. Mailing List. Related Articles. You go Diego 5 years ago. Many thanks,. Ivaldo 5 years ago. Hi Michael, I'm had this issue: "Cannot enable shared access. Do you know what can i do?

Wolfram Schmied 4 years ago. Acampeau 4 years ago. I found how how to make the drop down box apprear. Tony Rank: 1 4 years ago. Hello Michael: Is there a way to "save" the configuration? Thanks for your help. Michael Pietroforte Rank: 4 4 years ago. Aadarsh Poudel 2 years ago. I followed the same procedure but the network is not visible to my phone and other devices. Leave a reply Click here to cancel the reply Please enclose code in pre tags Your email address will not be published.

Follow 4sysops. Poll Will you deploy Windows 11 to end users in your organization in ? Yes No Don't know View Results. Subscribe to email updates Subscribe to post notifications. Check if your network card supports Internet Connection sharing. Refer to these steps. In the search box, type adapter , and then, under Network and Sharing Center , click View network connections. Right-click the connection that you want to share, and then click Properties.

If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. Hope the information provided is helpful. Do reply, if you need any help. When everything is ready to go you will see the word "Shared" under your wireless connection to the Internet. Its sharing with your computers ethernet port also called "Local Area Connection" on this screen.

Now you can connect an ethernet cable to your computers ethernet port and share internet to a second device. Note: To return normal ethernet port functionality to your computer, just repeat the above and uncheck the top box, then press "OK". Only I use the Ctrl key instead of the Shift key to select the 2 adapters. So I tried to bridge my mobile connection on my android phone which is connected via usb to my laptop to a router which is connected to my laptop via the ethernet.

It works fine, however, windows crashes after a few minutes saying bridge. Any suggestion how to fix this? My network shows an intermediate bridge, how could this be done without my knowing? Hello i get this error masseng when i try to create the bridge. To create a network bridge you must select at least two LAN or high speed internet connections that are not being used by internet connection sharing can you please help solve that.

You need to disable connection sharing on the Wi-Fi or the Ethernet connection to do that. After attempting to bridge my Wi-Fi and ethernet devices, I lost connection to the internet, which was through the Wi-Fi. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. How To. How to bridge WiFi and Ethernet adapters to share internet on Windows 11 or How to share internet using wifi adapter to Ethernet cable Although there are a few software available online those let us create virtual routers on Windows to share the internet from PC to PC via ethernet.

Go to the search bar of Windows 10 or 7.