Sharing Desktops wired connection to laptop?

[8BitLlama]

So here's my situation.

 

My motherboard has two ethernet ports and I was wondering if I could use the second ethernet port on my mohterboard to share my desktop's connection to my laptop. I want to do this since I am using synergy to share my mouse+keyboard between my desktop and laptop however the wifi connection in my room where my desktop is is fairly weak. My motherboard is the Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5

[Silentprototipe]

There isn't harm in trying. I'm guessing that the 2 Ethernet ports are there for an extra device to be hooked up. 

[McHox]

yes it works,i got it working last year from a win 10 system to a win 7 one

[8BitLlama]

Just now, McHox said:

yes it works,i got it working last year from a win 10 system to a win 7 one

How did you go about doing this? I hooked up my laptop using an ethernet cord and it detects that it's connected to my desktop but there is no internet connection.

[McHox]

9 minutes ago, 8BitLlama said:

How did you go about doing this? I hooked up my laptop using an ethernet cord and it detects that it's connected to my desktop but there is no internet connection.

i dont really remember,it was pretty easy and i got it working just by trying stuff

[Skiiwee29]

You will need to set the 2nd port in bridge mode and follow this guide.

 

http://www.windowscentral.com/how-set-and-manage-network-bridge-connection-windows-10

[Guest]

15 minutes ago, 8BitLlama said:

How did you go about doing this? I hooked up my laptop using an ethernet cord and it detects that it's connected to my desktop but there is no internet connection.

There should be this box in ethernet properties to check

[8BitLlama]

Alright thanks everyone who posted; I read about everything you all posted and went to my adapter settings and bridged both connections together. for a few seconds I had no internet but then both pc's connected and are both on wired.