Windows Internet Connection

[Guest]

Using Win XP Home.
Recently had to reinstall the OS. My LAN connection will not find the
server due to the presence of Windows Internet Connection. It interfers with
the external router I'm using. I can't disable this connection and the
delete choice is greyed out. My broadband folks say that the windows program
is interfering with the router's connection to the server. (both the LAN and
Internet connection indicate connected) My question is how can I disable or
delete the windows internet gateway and allow my Dlink router to do its job?
TIA
Gunner B.

 

[CaCO32]

It sounds like you have to set up the LAN to work through your router. If
you are on the machine as an administrator, you should be able to change the
configuration of your network connections ( delete network connections,
modify Internet Connection Sharing and modify your LAN ). If you're not
administrator you can't remove the network connection.
Right click on the Network connection you don't want and delete it completely.
Set up your LAN connection to DHCP or apply a static local IP address
(usually 192.1.1 or 0. *, see your router documentation ) and access your
router to set it to your your ISP's configuration.

Hope this helps.

 

[Lem]

Using Win XP Home.
Recently had to reinstall the OS. My LAN connection will not find the
server due to the presence of Windows Internet Connection. It interfers with
the external router I'm using. I can't disable this connection and the
delete choice is greyed out. My broadband folks say that the windows program
is interfering with the router's connection to the server. (both the LAN and
Internet connection indicate connected) My question is how can I disable or
delete the windows internet gateway and allow my Dlink router to do its job?
TIA
Gunner B.

The "Windows Internet Gateway" *IS* your router. This icon appears when
your router supports and has active UPnP and when you have the "Internet
Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client" installed and enabled on
your WinXP box (which it is by default). The icon enables some
configuration of the router without having to access the router's
configuration screens using a browser (the usual way). If you also have
UPnP enabled, you will see a "Broadband Router" icon in "My Network
Places."

For details: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821371

You can uninstall the Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control
Client using Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs > Add or Remove
Windows Components > Networking Services > "Details" > uncheck the box
for Internet Gateway Device Discover and Control Client and OK your way
out. You can also uninstall UPnP by the same method.

You probably have some problem OTHER than the presence of the Internet
Connection icon, but your description of your symptoms is not clear
enough to determine what it is. For diagnosis, open a Command Prompt
window and type "ipconfig /all" (without quotes) and press Enter. You
should see the IP address of your "Lan connection" (i.e., the network
adapter that is connected to your router). For most home routers, the
IP address of your computer's adapter should be of the form 192.168.1.x
or 192.168.0.x. If it is of the form 169.254.x.y, it means that your
network adapter is set to obtain an IP address automatically (the
default and the most common setting) but (most likely) your router's
DHCP server is turned off or broken.