2 internet connections in Network settings???

[bmail]

I have (what I think is) a strange listing in my Network settings. I run
XP Pro corporate. When I opened my network settings up the other day, I
noticed that there were two connections. One has the heading: Internet
Gateway and has "Internet Connection" Connected. The other heading
says: Lan or High Speed Internet and has "Local Area Connection"
Connected. This latter one is the one I have always seen in Network
settings. I can not disable the Internet Connection by itself, however
when I disable the Local Area Connection, then the Internet Connection
also disappears. My computer and my wife's computer are hooked up via a
router. The Cable modem is connected to the router and our individual
computers are connected to the router as well (hard wire). Her computer
doesn't have this extra connection nor does my laptop when I hook it up
the the router. My son says he bets that it has something to do with
AOL, but all the computers have AOL on them. I run all the latest
patches for XP Pro and use Eset Nod32, Webroot SpySweeper and Zone
Alarm. Nothing shows up in my bi-weekly full system scans. Anything to
be worried about? Is this something I should try to fix? If so...how???

 

[JS]

Any chance your PC supports a 'Wireless' connection
in addition to a CAT5 cable NIC.

 

[bmail]

Any chance your PC supports a 'Wireless' connection
in addition to a CAT5 cable NIC.

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That's an interesting question. To answer...no my computer only has a
NIC card in it, however, in the past, when my younger son comes home,
he sometimes brings a wireless router that he connects to a switch next
to my wife's computer so that he can tap into the broadband and connect
with his wireless laptop connection.
In addition, my laptop does have the ability to receive wireless
signals although I very rarely use it at home since I am hard wired.
Could somehow my son's use of his wireless router put the gateway
internet setting on my computers network????

 

[smlunatick]

I have (what I think is) a strange listing in my Network settings. I run
XP Pro corporate. When I opened my network settings up the other day, I
noticed that there were two connections. One has the heading: Internet
Gateway and has "Internet Connection" Connected. The other heading
says: Lan or High Speed Internet and has "Local Area Connection"
Connected. This latter one is the one I have always seen in Network
settings. I can not disable the Internet Connection by itself, however
when I disable the Local Area Connection, then the Internet Connection
also disappears. My computer and my wife's computer are hooked up via a
router. The Cable modem is connected to the router and our individual
computers are connected to the router as well (hard wire). Her computer
doesn't have this extra connection nor does my laptop when I hook it up
the the router. My son says he bets that it has something to do with
AOL, but all the computers have AOL on them. I run all the latest
patches for XP Pro and use Eset Nod32, Webroot SpySweeper and Zone
Alarm. Nothing shows up in my bi-weekly full system scans. Anything to
be worried about? Is this something I should try to fix? If so...how???

Internet Gateway is a special "icon that shows up when have a router
that has uPNP service enabled. You can usually "ignore" this or
access the router and turn off the "use uPNP..." service.

 

[JS]

While I'm not familiar with the exact configuration you
mentioned it is possible that he is using your wife's
computer as a "gateway" to his wireless router.

Give him a call and ask about it.

 

[bmail]

"Internet Gateway is a special "icon that shows up when have a router
that has uPNP service enabled. You can usually "ignore" this or
access the router and turn off the "use uPNP..." service."

smlunatick:
I don't think that my router has the uPNP...at least I couldn't find it
in the router. Besides, since all my computers are connected to the
router and then the router is connected to the cable modem...wouldn't
all the computers show the same Gateway icon?

Js:
My son takes the wireless router with him when he leaves. So I am left
only with my DLink hardwired router. The cable comes from the wall to
the modem, then the modem is connected to the router. All the computers
are then connected to the router separately.

 

[smlunatick]

"Internet Gateway is a special "icon that shows up when have a router
that has uPNP service enabled.  You can usually "ignore" this or
access the router and turn off the "use uPNP..." service."

smlunatick:
I don't think that my router has the uPNP...at least I couldn't find it
in the router. Besides, since all my computers are connected to the
router and then the router is connected to the cable modem...wouldn't
all the computers show the same Gateway icon?

Js:
My son takes the wireless router with him when he leaves. So I am left
only with my DLink hardwired router. The cable comes from the wall to
the modem, then the modem is connected to the router. All the computers
are then connected to the router separately.

Each Windows can have either the UPnP User Interface Windows component
installed or have the UPnP "turned" off via a registry "tweak."

 

[bmail]

"Each Windows can have either the UPnP User Interface Windows component
installed or have the UPnP "turned" off via a registry "tweak."

Thanks for the tip...It jogged my memory...several years back I ran a
free program from Steve Gibson of Gibson Research that would disable
Universal Plug N Play, since it is so dangerous to have enabled.
Somehow uPNP got re-enabled. As soon as I ran the program again, it
disabled uPNP and...bingo...no more extra (Gateway) Connection.
All's well again.http://www.pcbanter.net/images/icons/icon7.gif
Thanks
BM