[desktop] ----- lan ----eth0 [notebook] eth1 192.168.?.? ` ----- wlan ---- [speedport(hub and router)] -- internet 192.168.2.x So on my laptop I have eth0 beeing lan, eth1 beeing wlan ethernet card. When only using eth0/1 everything is fine. Now I want to be able to use internet from both [desktop] and [notebook]. Typically you set up a bridge with brctl addbr br1 brctl addif br1 eth0 brctl addif br1 eth1 ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 up ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0 up ifconfig br1 up , right? When do I have to set the iwconfig settings? (Web password, essid?) When I also want use the internet (connect to desktop via vnc) from the notebook I have to assign an ip to the bridge, correct? ifconfig br1 192.168.x.y up eth1 connects to lan having ips of from 192.168.2.x Because I want to connect from desktop to speedport (using the bridge) This network (192.168.?.?) has to be 192.168.2.x, too. Correct? Can you recommend a networking documentation which explains these things? Marc