Hardwire ilink to laptop?

[miji11]

Is there someone out there that could please give me step by step instructions on hardwiring my laptop (windows 7) to ilink9000p? I have an ethernet crossover cable & a reg. cat5 cable, which one do I use? Or is this kind of setup possible? Sorry, I'm still learning about the computer so not really sure how to go about any of this! Any help is greatly appreciated!!

[dishuser]

go to network and sharing
change adapter settings
right click on your card and select bridge connections
you'll probably need the crossover cable

[miji11]

Still having trouble...connections won't bridge my internet connection is with an usb stick t-mobile, any other suggestions? What am i doing wrong?

[noone]

Still having trouble...connections won't bridge my internet connection is with an usb stick t-mobile, any other suggestions? What am i doing wrong?

Is your USB stick showing up under internet connections ?

[noone]

Click the Start button


In the Search programs and files box, type ncpa.cpl, and then press ENTER.

Note If you use Windows XP, click the Start button, click Run, type ncpa.cplin the Open box, and then click OK.

Select the two network connections that you want to bridge. To do this, click the first network connection, press and hold the CTRL key, and then click the second network connection.

Select the two network connections you want to share


Right-click either of the selected network connections, and then click Bridge Connections.

Select Bridge Connections


Wait for the new connection icon to be displayed.

Note The new icon will be labeled Network Bridge. When the icon appears, the new connection is ready to use.

The Network Bridge icon appears


Plug one end of the Ethernet cable into the network port on your portable computer. Plug the other end of the network cable into the back of your STB.

[satchick]

The above instructions are correct, also remember that you need to do this on an account with administrative rights. I think you'll need to have the cables connected first too, my 7 install hides inactive connections.

[miji11]

Hi! Still have a problem........I couldn't get my laptop usb stick to bridge with my ethernet but i did get it to share.....the problem now is , do i use dchp or static? I've tried both but still have scrambled channel....also when i put dchp it asks for user dns, what do i put there? any help would be appreciated!