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Bob Lucas
I am running Win XP Professional, SP3 with IE7 on my HP Laptop
computer.
I use Avast Antivirus home edition, version 4.8.1335 and I have
also installed Spybot Search & Destroy, 1.6.2 (without the
Tea-timer add-on). I have disabled the Windows Firewall, because
I have installed the Zone Alarm free firewall, version
8.0.298.000.
My Buffalo Wireless Router, model WHR-G54S, is the hub of my home
network. It uses PPPoE client "easy set-up" to acquire an IP
address for my ADSL Internet connection, which is provided by
TalkTalk in the UK.
The local IP address of the Router and the Internet Gateway is
192.168.11.1. The Router incorporates its own firewall and I
have configured the Router to reject IDENT requests on port 113.
UPnP has been enabled in the router settings.
In my computer's Network Connection settings, I have configured
the Wireless Network Connection TCP/IP properties to use a fixed
IP Address of 192.168.11.11, Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0, and
Default Gateway 192.168.11.1 (instead of obtaining an IP address
automatically).
In "My Network Places", I have enabled "Show icons for networked
UPnP devices.
An "ipconfig /all" enquiry generates the following response:
Windows IP Configuration:
Host Name: LAPTOP
Primary DNS suffix: [blank]
Node type: Mixed
IP routing enabled: No
Ethernet Wireless Adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS suffix: [blank]
Description: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
Network Connection
Physical address: 00-19-D2-xx-C3-xx (MAC address
munged)
Dhcp enabled: No
IP Address: 192.168.11.11
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.11.1
DNS Servers: 208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
The wireless network operates perfectly - and as soon as my
computer connects to the local network, the wireless icon appears
in the Notification Area of the Taskbar.
I also have no difficulty connecting to the Internet. However, I
have become aware of an unexplained phenomenon.
Until recently, the Internet Connection icon would appear in the
Notification Area. If I hovered over the icon, it showed the
Internet connection speed as 100 Mbps (which is the communication
speed of the wired connection between the Router and ADSL Modem
sections of the Buffalo WHR-G54S).
More recently, a separate entry for the Internet Connection has
disappeared from the Network Connections Window and the Internet
Connection icon no longer appears in the Notification Area.
I wonder whether anyone can explain why this has happened.
Ideally, I should like to restore these entries to the Network
Connections Window and the Notification Area.
computer.
I use Avast Antivirus home edition, version 4.8.1335 and I have
also installed Spybot Search & Destroy, 1.6.2 (without the
Tea-timer add-on). I have disabled the Windows Firewall, because
I have installed the Zone Alarm free firewall, version
8.0.298.000.
My Buffalo Wireless Router, model WHR-G54S, is the hub of my home
network. It uses PPPoE client "easy set-up" to acquire an IP
address for my ADSL Internet connection, which is provided by
TalkTalk in the UK.
The local IP address of the Router and the Internet Gateway is
192.168.11.1. The Router incorporates its own firewall and I
have configured the Router to reject IDENT requests on port 113.
UPnP has been enabled in the router settings.
In my computer's Network Connection settings, I have configured
the Wireless Network Connection TCP/IP properties to use a fixed
IP Address of 192.168.11.11, Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0, and
Default Gateway 192.168.11.1 (instead of obtaining an IP address
automatically).
In "My Network Places", I have enabled "Show icons for networked
UPnP devices.
An "ipconfig /all" enquiry generates the following response:
Windows IP Configuration:
Host Name: LAPTOP
Primary DNS suffix: [blank]
Node type: Mixed
IP routing enabled: No
Ethernet Wireless Adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS suffix: [blank]
Description: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
Network Connection
Physical address: 00-19-D2-xx-C3-xx (MAC address
munged)
Dhcp enabled: No
IP Address: 192.168.11.11
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.11.1
DNS Servers: 208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
The wireless network operates perfectly - and as soon as my
computer connects to the local network, the wireless icon appears
in the Notification Area of the Taskbar.
I also have no difficulty connecting to the Internet. However, I
have become aware of an unexplained phenomenon.
Until recently, the Internet Connection icon would appear in the
Notification Area. If I hovered over the icon, it showed the
Internet connection speed as 100 Mbps (which is the communication
speed of the wired connection between the Router and ADSL Modem
sections of the Buffalo WHR-G54S).
More recently, a separate entry for the Internet Connection has
disappeared from the Network Connections Window and the Internet
Connection icon no longer appears in the Notification Area.
I wonder whether anyone can explain why this has happened.
Ideally, I should like to restore these entries to the Network
Connections Window and the Notification Area.