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I am trying to bridge the internet from my windows 8 laptop to a windows 7 desktop and I can not for the life of me get it to work :( 

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Which computer is supplying the connection?

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Which computer is supplying the connection?

The windows 8 one....I get to the bridge thing then it says you must have two lan or internet connections :( I do not know what that means :(

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The windows 8 one....I get to the bridge thing then it says you must have two lan or internet connections :( I do not know what that means :(

1. Plug the Ethernet cable into the Ethernet ports on both of the computers.

2. Get on the Win8 computer, and go to the charms.

3. Search for ncpa.cpl and press enter.

4. Bridge the wireless connection with the wired connection

5. Voila. 

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 500GB Crucial P3 Plus, 4TB Silicon Power UD90 | GPU: AsRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Corsair SF850

Main Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | RAM: 64GB (2x32GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 | Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair VII Hero WiFi | Storage: 512GB SKHynix NVMe | GPUs: NVIDIA TITAN Xp 2-way SLI | Cooling: Thermalright Frozen Prism 360mm | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM850

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1. Plug the Ethernet cable into the Ethernet ports on both of the computers.

2. Get on the Win8 computer, and go to the charms.

3. Search for ncpa.cpl and press enter.

4. Bridge the wireless connection with the wired connection

5. Voila. 

It keeps giving me this stupid pop up that tells me it will not work :(

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