Bridging Network Connections

Say you have an XBox in your basement, the wireless router is on the first/second floor, and you wanted to use your XBox online without having a cable go downstairs. What you can do is get a laptop, bridge the wireless and wired connection. So then you can plug your XBox into your laptop and the computer will be acting as a bridge to convert the wireless signal into wired.

Thats just one example where I bridged two connections together.
 
You can bridge them by device or in the OS. If you are running a machine with multiple nics you can act as a bridge between two subnets.

What is your specific question?
 
If I bridge 2 networks (let's say a wired and a wireless), will my download speed be faster?

My sister who lives next door has a wireless network. Can I bridge my wired network and her wireless network to have faster download times?
 
Karaim said:
If I bridge 2 networks (let's say a wired and a wireless), will my download speed be faster?

My sister who lives next door has a wireless network. Can I bridge my wired network and her wireless network to have faster download times?
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short answer:

No
 
i didnt know i could do that w/ the xbox, how would i go about that, use my wireless laptop to get my wired xbox online?
 
I have two virtual connections bridged in a virtual machine. It's awesome. It makes my 100mb line into a 1gb line. LOL
 
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