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So I have a netgear wireless adapter to help strengthen my connection of my desktop at school.My issue is it worked fine before but now it creates Wifi 1 and Wifi 2. Wifi one being my desktop wifi card and Wifi 2 being the network adapter. This is an issue because by themselves it creates ping consistently issues with my ping staying at 30s for a while then jumping to 400 or something crazy. Im used to it jumping a little here and there just because it is school wifi but not like this. I want to be able to consolidate this into one wifi that uses the adapter to strengthen my connection. If that makes sense. Im not sure if im using all these terms correctly so sorry in advance.

I was able to do it when i originally bought the adapter but i have recently reset my pc and cannot for the life of me figure out how to fix this issue.
 
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No. Would not expect that bridging would be at all necessary. Bridging is used to connect two different networks.

All you probably need to do is to reconfigure your computer to again join the university's network.

Which should simply be a matter of configuring the wired adapter on your computer to the university's router and network.

And probably using a Default Gateway and Subnet Mask that is not within the realm of the three normal IP address ranges used for home networks and small businesses.

The university most likely has some guidelines and configuration instructions available to students to help with the necessary steps to configure a computer to join the university's network. May be some differences depending if you live...
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My thought is that your may have both network adapters enabled.

Only one adapter should be enabled and configured for the router being used.

Windows 10? If so, try the built-in Troubleshooters - they may help identify and fix the problem.

Otherwise, run and post the results of "ipconfig /all" (without quotes) via the Command Prompt.

The results may help identify some problem or misconfiguration.

More likely the latter as you reset your pc and most configurations most likely returned to their default settings that, in turn, do not match the network settings.

 
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I am running windows 10. The last thing I tried was bridging the connection which im not really sure what that does.
 
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Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DESKTOP-NJH9SSJ
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : University.liberty.edu

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 78-45-C4-FE-12-F4
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 1:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 12-18-8B-63-93-FE
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Network Bridge:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : University.liberty.edu
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Network Adapter Multiplexor Driver
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 70-18-8B-63-93-FE
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::2cc3:ee6d:5247:23de%14(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.192.146.38(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, April 19, 2018 7:24:55 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, April 19, 2018 8:24:54 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.192.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.255.48.83
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 342890635
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-22-59-B4-10-78-45-C4-FE-12-F4
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.255.48.102
10.255.48.103
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Here is the results
 
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No. Would not expect that bridging would be at all necessary. Bridging is used to connect two different networks.

All you probably need to do is to reconfigure your computer to again join the university's network.

Which should simply be a matter of configuring the wired adapter on your computer to the university's router and network.

And probably using a Default Gateway and Subnet Mask that is not within the realm of the three normal IP address ranges used for home networks and small businesses.

The university most likely has some guidelines and configuration instructions available to students to help with the necessary steps to configure a computer to join the university's network. May be some differences depending if you live on or off campus.

You were probably provided some login name and password. That information is used to verify your student status in order for your computer to be allowed to join the university's network.

Most likely there is a Helpdesk as well. Give them a call for assistance.

 
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