New Icon: Internet Gateway/Internet Connection

[Bob Simon]

I have a laptop with a built in Ethernet adapter plus a Linksys PCMCIA
card. Both are active. (Wireless NIC for access to print server on a
different private network.) Neither the Local Area Connection nor the
Wireless Network Connection have ICF or ICS enabled.

I believe that sometime in the past few days, a new icon "Internet
Connection" appeared under a new heading "Internet Gateway" in Network
Connections. I am unable to delete it or even to disable it. I
really doubt that I need this because my machine worked fine without
it for months and I haven't made any changes recently except for
changing IP addresses (which I do several times a week to access
various networks).

What would cause the Internet Gateway/Internet Connection icon to
suddenly show up in Network Connections?

Since ICS is disabled in the advanced tab of both adapters, why is the
status of Internet Connection Enabled and Connected with activity
stats displaying increasing packet counts?

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I have a laptop with a built in Ethernet adapter plus a Linksys PCMCIA
card. Both are active. (Wireless NIC for access to print server on a
different private network.) Neither the Local Area Connection nor the
Wireless Network Connection have ICF or ICS enabled.

I believe that sometime in the past few days, a new icon "Internet
Connection" appeared under a new heading "Internet Gateway" in Network
Connections. I am unable to delete it or even to disable it. I
really doubt that I need this because my machine worked fine without
it for months and I haven't made any changes recently except for
changing IP addresses (which I do several times a week to access
various networks).

What would cause the Internet Gateway/Internet Connection icon to
suddenly show up in Network Connections?

Since ICS is disabled in the advanced tab of both adapters, why is the
status of Internet Connection Enabled and Connected with activity
stats displaying increasing packet counts?

The Internet Gateway is probably coming from a broadband router on
your network. It lets you monitor and control the router's operation.
It could appear suddenly if you upgrade a router's firmware.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

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[Bob Simon]

I have a laptop with a built in Ethernet adapter plus a Linksys PCMCIA
card. Both are active. (Wireless NIC for access to print server on a
different private network.) Neither the Local Area Connection nor the
Wireless Network Connection have ICF or ICS enabled.

I believe that sometime in the past few days, a new icon "Internet
Connection" appeared under a new heading "Internet Gateway" in Network
Connections. I am unable to delete it or even to disable it. I
really doubt that I need this because my machine worked fine without
it for months and I haven't made any changes recently except for
changing IP addresses (which I do several times a week to access
various networks).

What would cause the Internet Gateway/Internet Connection icon to
suddenly show up in Network Connections?

Since ICS is disabled in the advanced tab of both adapters, why is the
status of Internet Connection Enabled and Connected with activity
stats displaying increasing packet counts?

UPDATE:
I'm at home now, using my wireless NIC. No cable is plugged into the
built in Ethernet adapter. To my surprise, neither Internet Gateway
nor Internet Connection are displayed.

What's going on here?
Bob

 

[Bob Simon]

The Internet Gateway is probably coming from a broadband router on
your network. It lets you monitor and control the router's operation.
It could appear suddenly if you upgrade a router's firmware.

Hello Steve,
Your reply was not available via Google Groups before I posted my
update last night.

I believe I now have additional relevant info:
When I boot up with the internal (Realtek RTL8139) Ethernet interface
connected, I see the Internet Gateway/Internet Connection displayed.
If I then unplug the cable to this interface, the Internet
Gateway/Internet Connection goes away. I re-plugged it back in 30
minutes ago and the icon still has not reappeared. Whether my
wireless NIC is in or out has no effect on this. This is interesting
-- can you (or anyone else here) explain this behavior to me?

My hardwired Ethernet port is connected through a switch to a LinkSys
gateway as you predicted. This router belongs to the shared tenent
service that my company and other tenants use -- no one seems to know
anything about it or its firmware.
Bob

 

[David Buckner]

No actually that would be Universal Plug and Play. I
have this same Icon using a Linksys BEFSR41 4 port
switch. Like the previous post I cannot get rid of this
stupid Icon. If I disable it then I cannot access the
Internet. I do not have UPnP installed so the PC should
have no idea that the router exists.

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[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

No actually that would be Universal Plug and Play. I
have this same Icon using a Linksys BEFSR41 4 port
switch. Like the previous post I cannot get rid of this
stupid Icon. If I disable it then I cannot access the
Internet. I do not have UPnP installed so the PC should
have no idea that the router exists.

The Internet Gateway icon is being created by your router. When you
disable the Internet Gateway, you're telling your router to disconnect
itself from the Internet.

There should be a setting in your router's setup program to turn off
the Internet Gateway. But why would you want to?
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com