What is a bridge in networking?

A bridge only passes those packets addressed from a node in one network to another node in the other network. A bridge receives all the packets or frame from both LAN (segment) A and B. A bridge builds a table of addresses from which it can identify that the packets are sent from which LAN (or segment) to which LAN.

What is a simple bridge?

However, most often such incompatible networks are routed in between, not bridged. A simple bridge connects two network segments, typically by operating transparently and deciding on a frame-by-frame basis whether or not to forward from one network to the other.

How to bridge a LAN with WiFi?

If you’re looking to bridge a LAN, you might want to go for a physical device. If your needs for bridging networks is small-scale and you have a Windows or Mac machine with a network card that supports it, you can create a virtual bridge between a LAN and WiFi network. You can create a virtual network bridge on Windows 10 and on macOS.

How to create a bridge in Windows 10?

Select the ‘Bridge’ option from the context menu. Wait a few seconds for the bridged network to be created. You can disable a bridged network, or you can remove networks from a bridge. Right-click the bridged network and select Disable or right-click one of the networks in the bridged network, and select Remove from bridge option.