Re: Why is this Internet Connection Status in my System Tray

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In article <9ACDBCDC-7724-4861-8665-E4A1F0745116@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Hooligan <Hooligan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This first appeared after I had installed a download manager called Flashget;
I think it tried to install some kind of torrent. I uninstalled Flashget.

What I have is a community based wireless highspeed internet connection.
There's a 'radio' on the roof cabled to a Linksys router. The router sends
the signal to my laptop which is using a Linksys Wireless-G USB Network
Adapter with RangeBooster.

If I click on 'disable' in that dialog it kills my connection to the
'radio', which is referred to as a CB3. This is not the Internet connection
thingy in the system tray. Please see this link for images.

http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb70/Flyswatter_01/?action=view&current=inet3.jpg


Thanks in advance

What do you see if you hover the mouse pointer over the new icon?

What do you see if you double click the new icon?

Does a connection called "Internet Gateway" appear in the Network
Connections folder? If so, it represents your Linksys router. When
you disable the Internet Gateway, you're telling the Linksys router to
disconnect itself from the Internet.
Thanks Steve.

Yeah but,

This was never the case before (for almost two yeaars), and I don't see the
same on my wifes PC. Something changed and I don't know what.

You're welcome, Hooligan. The Internet Gateway depends on some other
programs that might have been installed along with Flashget: Universal
Plug and Play Device Host, SSDP Discovery Service
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