How to establish Bridge connections on Windows XP

[Halyn]

I have two network adapters one is onboard and another is external wireless card. I have two ISP connections which remains active most of the time. But still my internet connection is slow. My usage is very high. So I am thinking of bridging the two connections to gain some performance. But I don't know how to do so. Can you help me how to establish bridge connections on Windows XP?

[Snake08]

To establish Bridge connections:

• Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Network Connections.
• Under LAN or High-Speed Internet, select the network connections that you want to be part of the bridge.
• Right-click one of the highlighted network connections, and then click Bridge Connections.

[Spyrus]

Open Control Panel, click Network and Internet Connections, and then click Network Connections. To create a network bridge you must select at least two network connections that are not being used by Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) or the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF). Now click both network connections, right-click one, and then click Bridge Connections. After completion, a new icon called Network Bridge should be displayed. However bridging would not increase the internet speed. You will never notice any boost in performance. In fact your bandwidth will be divided into two cards causing packet loss.

[Aleksandra]

1. Select Start > Run and enter gpedit.msc to Open the Group Policy Editor.
2. In the left-hand column in the window, navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Network > QoS Packet Scheduler
3. In the right column double-click on Limit reservable bandwidth and select Enabled.
4. Change the Bandwidth Limit from 96 to 0 and click OK.

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