Internet Connection Icon Only Displayed Sporadically

[HaroldSJS]

I am running Windows XP and I have a D-Link router, using a broadband cable
Modem. My question is;

Usually and sporadically, there are two icons on my taking bar, in the lower
right hand corner of my screen. One indicates "Local Area Network" and the
other indicates Internet Connection. The Internet Connection icon seems to
only be displayed sporadically. I have checked Control Panel~ Network
Connections and I see only the "Local Area Network" item when I check to see
that it is supposed to be displayed, it is checked that it is.

The Internet Connection icon is only displayed sporadically. It does seem to
impact connectivity for the internet. My uploading of web pages and response
time to and from web sites is painfully slow. When the Internet Connection
icon is displayed, my response times are more in-line for what they should
be, for a broadband cable modem connection. When the Internet Connection icon
is displayed and I check to see that it is enabled to be displayed via,
(Control Panel~~ Network Connections~~ Right Click on Internet Connection and
Select Properties on The General Tab), it is check that it should be
displayed.

Why does the sporadic loading of the Internet Connection icon happen? How
and what must I do for this feature to be there all of the time and function
dependently?

 

[smlunatick]

I am running Windows XP and I have a D-Link router, using a broadband cable
Modem. My question is;

Usually and sporadically, there are two icons on my taking bar, in the lower
right hand corner of my screen. One indicates "Local Area Network" and the
other indicates Internet Connection. The Internet Connection icon seems to
only be displayed sporadically. I have checked Control Panel~ Network
Connections and I see only the "Local Area Network" item when I check to see
that it is supposed to be displayed, it is checked that it is.

The Internet Connection icon is only displayed sporadically. It does seemto
impact connectivity for the internet. My uploading of web pages and response
time to and from web sites is painfully slow. When the Internet Connection
icon is displayed, my response times are more in-line for what they should
be, for a broadband cable modem connection. When the Internet Connection icon
is displayed and I check to see that it is enabled to be displayed via,
(Control Panel~~ Network Connections~~ Right Click on Internet Connectionand
Select Properties on The General Tab), it is check that it should be
displayed.

Why does the sporadic loading of the Internet Connection icon happen? How
and what must I do for this feature to be there all of the time and function
dependently?

The "Internet" Connection icon is displayed by way of the UPNP feature
in both the XP and the router. It is a sepecialised service in XP
that controls UPNP. This is the UPNP User Interface.

 

[HaroldSJS]

The "Internet" Connection icon is displayed by way of the UPNP feature
in both the XP and the router. It is a sepecialised service in XP
that controls UPNP. This is the UPNP User Interface.

Thanks for the technical information! Any information on how, and what must
I do for this feature to be there all of the time, and function dependably???

 

[HaroldSJS]

I saw a post in a similar thread that said something to the effect of soing
to services.msc and making UPnP start automatically. I see no such item in
services.msc as UPnP.

 

[Jack \(MVP-Networking\).]

Hi
Log to the Router's menus, find the UPnP and disable it (that is of course
provided that you do not need the UPnP service).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Plug_and_Play
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)

 

[smlunatick]

I saw a post in a similar thread that said something to the effect of soing
to services.msc and making UPnP start automatically. I see no such item in
services.msc as UPnP.

Control Panel --> Add/Remove Programs --> Add/Remove Windows
Components --> Network Services --> Click on Details --> Look for a
"check" next to UPNP User Interfaces

But note that this option can cause other problems with Windows. When
I tried it, alot of my "active" programs got their icons "removed"
from my System Tray.

The UPNP service is known as a "service" that can be "unsecure" and
several people recommend turning it off on the router.