Greetings Frederick & List--
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> The problem is, the machine was
> delivered to us with an installed OS, and with 2 network cards, one which
> is built in w/ the mobo and the other is a separate card and there was a
> configured Network Bridge.  I haven't used this before and I wish that I
> could remove or delete it but it would always prompt that there was "an
> error in configuring the bridge" if I press the delete key.  If I right
> click it and click on disable, nothing happens.  Is there any way that I
> could remove it in any other way or via registry?  Could it (bridge) be one
> big factor why I can't ping that machine's IP address using another PC in
> the network?

It will probably be necessary to disable the on-board Network Interface.
As I understand it, the bridge is necessary to utilize both the NIC and
the built-in networking. In my computer, I have two NICs and I have disabled
the on-board networking. The reason for the two NICs is first of all, failure
to read everything on the box the m'board came in, and second, to have
identical NICs to simplify configuration. The computer acts as the Internet
Gateway. One NIC plugs into the cable modem; the other goes to the switch,
providing Internet connectivity to the other machines on my network. On one
occasion when the bridge did NOT appear in my networking configuration,
Internet access and sharing was impaired. I suspect the inability to ping
other computers on the network is related to some other configuration
issue, like client configuration, computer name conflict, file sharing
not correctly configured, etc.

HTH,

Paul A. Shippert
Library Media Specialist
Margaret Brent Middle School
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