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Answer : Wi-Fi cannot be bridged to Ethernet. This is not a Windows limitation in any way. There’s a good explanation on why that is in the old OpenWrt wiki. Instead, you should use Internet Connection Sharing (ie. make your PC a router): Go to the Network Connections control panel (where you’re currently trying to create the bridge) Open your Wi-Fi connection’s properties. Switch to the “Sharing” tab Enable it, selecting your Ethernet connection as the “Home networking connection”. Everything should automatically work after that. Wi-Fi CAN be bridged to Ethernet on Windows 10. Connect to Internet via WiFi. Take note of your private IP settings (e.g. IP:192.168.1.44 SM:255.255.255.0 GW:192.168.1.1 DNS:192.168.1.1) In Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network Connections, highlight WiFi and Ethernet (use shift click or Ctrl Click or shift arrow key). Rt-click on highlighted area and choose "Bridge Connections" At this point, hosting PC will lik...

Answer : Most modern hardware – Ethernet switches and computer Ethernet interfaces – implements Auto-MDIX, automatically choosing the correct mode for each physical connection. (This is now a required part of Gigabit Ethernet, but also very common among 100 Mbps ports as well.) In other words, you can use the same type – regular straight-through cables – practically everywhere. Ethernet hubs, however, do not have this feature. They do not participate in link negotiation and only electrically connect all the devices. (Although your devices are probably switches mislabelled as hubs, not actual hubs.) Without this feature, two hubs or switches (just like two computers) would have needed a cross-over cable. That is, unless one switch had a dedicated 'Uplink' port, which would accept a straight-through cable instead. (Sometimes the last port had a physical toggle button for this.) I bought super cheap hubs from China so I'm honestly not even sure whether they have that ...