Bridge Ethernet Through Laptop?

[byalexandr]

Noobie question here but, is there any way I can bridge ethernet to my desktop through my laptop that has wifi? If I'm not clear enough:

 

Laptop has Wi-Fi and an ethernet port.

I have an ethernet cable.

My desktop has an ethernet port.

Can I jump it using an ethernet cable and the wifi on my laptop to get Internet on my desktop?

[byalexandr]

Network and Sharing Center > Network Connections > Bridge Ethernet and WiFi adapters.

This is Windows 8 correct?

[Raboo]

This is Windows 8 correct?

Yes

[byalexandr]

Yes

Okay, well I bridged my Wi-Fi and my ethernet but I am not getting Internet on my desktop. The cable is connected and all and, forgot to mention, I am running Linux (Ubuntu) on my desktop, Windows 8 on my laptop.

[Raboo]

Okay, well I bridged my Wi-Fi and my ethernet but I am not getting Internet on my desktop. The cable is connected and all and, forgot to mention, I am running Linux (Ubuntu) on my desktop, Windows 8 on my laptop.

Well that should work maybe try rebooting

[byalexandr]

Well that should work maybe try rebooting

Alright. I changed the IPv4 settings to Link-Local Only and it connected. Thank you all for the help! EDIT: Okay, it connected but it's not working. I went on Firefox, no luck, and opened a terminal and pinged www.google.com, but it couldn't find the host. Help anyone? Do I have to configure something?

[Suika]

I had a similar issue when I previously bridged my Xbox to my laptop. It was difficult. I believe I found a small but annoying workaround of disabling connections, creating the bridge, and enabling them one at a time, so by force, the laptop was made the host connection by default, where as otherwise, it favored the Xbox for whatever reason (haven't an idea as to why). Mess with it, no amount of googling helped me, only tweaking the settings and bridge did.

[byalexandr]

I had a similar issue when I previously bridged my Xbox to my laptop. It was difficult. I believe I found a small but annoying workaround of disabling connections, creating the bridge, and enabling them one at a time, so by force, the laptop was made the host connection by default, where as otherwise, it favored the Xbox for whatever reason (haven't an idea as to why). Mess with it, no amount of googling helped me, only tweaking the settings and bridge did.

I'm a bit new to networking, could you please explain this in more detail?

[Suika]

I'm a bit new to networking, could you please explain this in more detail?

1) Bridge the connection.

2) Right click both of the connections bridged, and disable them (don't remove the bridge!).

3) Enable the host connection (what will be providing the interwebs).

4) Enable the client (the not host).

 

If that doesn't work, try switching steps 3 and 4. I believe that's what fixed it for me, but I can't remember since I last attempted it two years ago.

[FrozenIpaq]

This reminds me of when I used my laptop's wifi on my Xbox 360. Bridging networking connects never worked for me in my situation and I never bothered to find out why. I saved an old forum post (from Xbox Scene) in which a user detailed how he setup his connection - basically telling the Xbox to use a gateway that's the IP address of the connected WiFi computer. 

 

I'm not sure what you're technical know-how is but you can  take a look at the guide here and just replace the Xbox with the computer that needs the connection - it involves modifying your IP, Gateway and DNS servers: http://pastebin.com/DwvdNjLn

 

EDIT: Just saw you said you are new to networking so the above guide might not be of much use to you. The difficult part is just finding out how to modify your network settings. I'm familiar with Windows 7 but not Windows 8 yet. You'll need to find your network connections and right click and go to properties and then IPv4 settings you want to change when the guide refers to Xbox IP / PC IP and stuff.

[byalexandr]

1) Bridge the connection.

2) Right click both of the connections bridged, and disable them (don't remove the bridge!).

3) Enable the host connection (what will be providing the interwebs).

4) Enable the client (the not host).

 

If that doesn't work, try switching steps 3 and 4. I believe that's what fixed it for me, but I can't remember since I last attempted it two years ago.

WELL JUST MY LUCK. I found out how. I don't even need a bridge apparently. I just double clicked my Wi-Fi connection in the Network and Sharing Center (while the Ethernet was connected to the desktop) and went to the Sharing tab where I enabled computers to 'connect through this computer'. Easy as pie, and the Internet is working. Thank you all!