Re: Traffic evident whilst network disconnected
- From: "Steve Winograd [MVP]" <bcmaven@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:58:59 -0600
In article <1156939400.205561.77990@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"jmarsh1000@xxxxxxxxxxx" <jmarsh1000@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On the first boot-up today, the wifi icon in the System Tray came
alive, but the Network Connection indicated no connection. In the
Network Connections window, Internet Gateway had appeared. Peeking
inside this (I forget which tab/window/option) showed send & receive
traffic. I unplugged the wifi dongle and Internet Gateway disappeared.
It has not reappeared following the dongle reconnection and successful
reboot & Internet connection activation. Connection is via modem
router.
Shoul I worry? AdAware & HijackThis didn't find any threat. I have
Grisoft-Ewido anti-spyware and AVG Free anti-virus running.
John Marsh.
The Internet Gateway is the device (broadband router or computer
acting as ICS host) that gives network access to your computer. It
will show packets sent and received under "Internet Gateway" when any
computer on the network is using the Internet. It will show packets
sent and received under "My Computer" when it communicates with your
computer, either for Internet access or to update the packet counts.
Since the Internet Gateway icon appeared, there had to have been an
active network connection on your computer. One possibility is that
your computer had connected to a neighbor's wireless network and was
showing statistics for your neighbor's wireless router.
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