Internet sharing from my wireless media pc

[DDock]

This is the idea I'm having and would like some assistance to make sure this all works before I attempt to put all the time into setting it up. First the hardware:

 

I have an Asus RT-AC66u router back in the large bedroom I use as my computer room. This is where most of my hardware sits, and where friends hook up when they come over. Out in my living room I have a media center pc that has an Asus PCE-AC68 wireless card that has a 3-way external antenna. This antenna works great, getting about 64MB/s transfer speeds from my desktop to my Drobo thats connected to the media center PC via USB3. I recently got a Shield TV and was looking to try to stream 1080p 60fps from my main desktop in the room, but I'm afraid the shield's internal antennas won't get that great of connection.

 

I'm thinking about trying to use the media center's ethernet to connect to the shield or at best case to a switch and connect my receiver, PS4, and TV into it also. I'm kinda worried that Internet Connection Sharing might present bugs. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks.

[2FA]

This is the idea I'm having and would like some assistance to make sure this all works before I attempt to put all the time into setting it up. First the hardware:

 

I have an Asus RT-AC66u router back in the large bedroom I use as my computer room. This is where most of my hardware sits, and where friends hook up when they come over. Out in my living room I have a media center pc that has an Asus PCE-AC68 wireless card that has a 3-way external antenna. This antenna works great, getting about 64MB/s transfer speeds from my desktop to my Drobo thats connected to the media center PC via USB3. I recently got a Shield TV and was looking to try to stream 1080p 60fps from my main desktop in the room, but I'm afraid the shield's internal antennas won't get that great of connection.

 

I'm thinking about trying to use the media center's ethernet to connect to the shield or at best case to a switch and connect my receiver, PS4, and TV into it also. I'm kinda worried that Internet Connection Sharing might present bugs. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks.

Bridging connections is pretty common and I never really here any issues regarding it. It's really no different than a switch, just making your Wi-Fi connection work with devices connected via ethernet.

[ashypanda]

right click on your wireless adaptor in network connections, right click properties, click sharing tab click allow other network users to connect through this computer.

then use an ethernet cable to connect the 2 devices and that should work.

 

i used an old netbook in that situation to get internet to my sky STB, and worked fine for about a year.

[TDP_Equinox]

This is the idea I'm having and would like some assistance to make sure this all works before I attempt to put all the time into setting it up. First the hardware:

 

I have an Asus RT-AC66u router back in the large bedroom I use as my computer room. This is where most of my hardware sits, and where friends hook up when they come over. Out in my living room I have a media center pc that has an Asus PCE-AC68 wireless card that has a 3-way external antenna. This antenna works great, getting about 64MB/s transfer speeds from my desktop to my Drobo thats connected to the media center PC via USB3. I recently got a Shield TV and was looking to try to stream 1080p 60fps from my main desktop in the room, but I'm afraid the shield's internal antennas won't get that great of connection.

 

I'm thinking about trying to use the media center's ethernet to connect to the shield or at best case to a switch and connect my receiver, PS4, and TV into it also. I'm kinda worried that Internet Connection Sharing might present bugs. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks.

If you're sharing from WiFi to your Ethernet port as a bridge, there should be no issues. 

The machine will have to be on at all times, or the other devices wont have a network, but i've used network sharing pretty often without issue. I currently have an iMac sharing it's wifi connection with a windows 10 computer, so it's pretty universal.