RE: Network connections

I am having the same problem and I do not have wireless networking set up. I
am using DSL and have a Local are connection icon, and now Internet Gateway
(or sometimes comes up as Linix IGD). It will not let me disable or delete
them. I did not intall them, they showed up on their own. The only way to
get rid of them is re-install windows and inevidable they come back days or
weeks later. Nothing shows up on anti-virus or spyware scans, and I have
used several different programs to scan with. Any ideas? Has anyone else
come across the 'Internet gateway on Linux IGD" connection appearing?

"Davy" wrote:

> Hey,
>
> When I open the "Network Connections" window in "Control Panel", I have
> three network connections:
> 1)Local Area Connection
> 2)Wireless Network Connection
> 3)Internet Gateway
>
> My internet setup is as follows:
> -I have a cable modem from my ISP
> -An access point that is connected to the cable modem
> -All my pc's use Wireless connection to connect to the access point
>
> The thing is that the "Internet Gateway" icon just appeared since last week.
> I've never had this icon in my internet connections before! When I choose to
> disable this Internet Gateway connection, I no longer have access to the
> internet on my computers. If I look at my access point settings, I can see my
> access point no longer has an IP, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway or DNS
> assigned. When I connect my pc directly to the cable modem (LAN) I don't get
> this Internet Gateway Icon. Just to point out that this Internet Gateway Icon
> is related to my access point.
>
> The only thing I can think of that has changed on my computer are the
> security updates I downloaded and installed last week (KB899589, KB905414,
> KB901017, KB905749, KB896688, KB902400, KB904706, KB900725).
>
> The questions I have are:
> *Why did the Internet Gateway Icon appeared, since I've never had this Icon
> before?
> *Is it releated to the microsoft security updates?
> *Why do I need this Internet Gateway now and didn't need it before?
> *What's the point in having this Internet Gateway connection? I mean what is
> it for?
>
> I'm using Win XP Pro SP2
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Davy
>