Internet Connection Speed

[Guest]

In WIndows XP with UPNP and Gateway Discovery enabled an Internet Connection
icon was created in the System Tray so you could see the actual internet
activity on your gateway, it also had the benefit of quickly telling you the
current speed of yor internet connection e.g 2.9Mbps.

In Vista I can find no way to do, I don't have an Internet Connection icon
in Network unlike XP, it would seem that to use IGDDC I have to share the
connection to see an icon, sharing implies using ICS, why would I need to do
this when my workstations access the network via a common router, this
controls access to the Internet not a master PC.

Is there anyway to do this or do I need to access the router to check this
info now which is a slight annoyance. Am I missing something simple, I assume
UPNP is already enabled in Vista as unlike XP you had to install it?

Cheers

 

[Guest]

Robert,

I'm sorry you're experiencing problems. Did you know that you can turn on
the activity animation in the network icon in the tray? Right click on the
icon, then choose, "Turn on activity animation." That will help you 'see'
the traffic.

Then, you can find the relative speed of the connection by going to the
Network and Sharing Center (in the same right click menu from above), and
selecting "Manage network connections" in the left blue navigation bar.
Right click on the network you're interested in, and then select "Status".
That status page should show you the speed of the network.

I hope this helps.