I am given the option to bridge Wifi and local area connection, but I am wanting bridge between the dial up and local area. Is there any Microsoft or 3rd party software that would allow me to do this? My internet comes from a dial up and am look for a way to share this internet with a computer running xp. that is hooked up through the Ethernet chord.

msq2, your question sort of confuses me. As for sharing the connection, if the unit with XP gets it's internet through the ethernet cable, another adapter card can be installed and a cable ran to your computer and an adapter card installed in your computer. Then use the Internet Sharing utility to share the internet. If you are trying to share the internet through the dial up, the same thing will apply. Both units will have to have an ethernet adapter(or rather, card) and connected by the cable. The internet Sharing utility will also be used here. As for wifi i don't know how that will be attained. I have used both of the previously mentioned methods. But this I do know, once the internet has been reached it can be shared using the cable between both computers.