Re: Internet Gateway question

I believe this is a simple hub: Noga EH-6005P Ethernet Hub.

You were right on the money tho. My ISP allows me to have multiple IP's and
the gateway was indeed someone else's Wi-Fi router in my building I was
picking up.

Thanks for clearing this up.

"Steve Winograd [MVP]" <bcmaven@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <uy1n04HcGHA.3348@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "franco"
<nospamhere> wrote:
After connecting a notebook (Windows Media Center Edition) to my home
network, I noticed that in "Network Connections", there is a group I have
never seen before called "Internet Gateway", with an Internet Connection
icon inside.

I have a cable connection, and both my desktop and notebook are connected
to
the Internet directly through a hub. My desktop is running XP Pro and I
have
never seen Internet Gateway/Connection in my Net Connections folder.

When I ran the connection wizard in my notebook, I specified that there
was
no connection sharing and that all the machines in the network connected
to
the internet directly or through a hub, so I am puzzled as to why I have
this gateway item. Does the fact that the notebook has an active Wi-Fi
connection also has anything to do with this?

Do you have a network hub or a router? What's it's make and model
number?

A hub can only share a cable modem connection between multiple
computers if you get multiple IP addresses from your Internet
provider. That's possible but unusual, for home users.

Since both computers connect to the Internet through that device, I
suspect that it's actually a router. A router can act as an Internet
gateway, sharing a cable modem connection with a single IP address
between multiple computers.

The Internet Gateway icon in Network Connections probably represents
your router. Clicking the icon lets you monitor the router's
operation and disable/enable its Internet connection.

Does the Internet Gateway appear on the notebook but not on the
desktop? If so, it's possible that the notebook has connected to a
wireless network, maybe even one belonging to one of your neighbors.
In that case. the Internet Gateway represents the neighbor's router.
--
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