"Internet Gateway", Windows XP Pro

rwmorrisonjr · 02-26-2005, 10:01 AM

Does anyone know what the "Internet Gateway" item is under Network Connections is and what it does? It describes itself as a way to have computers share an internet connection through another computer. I only have two computers on my network and they both connect directly to the net though my router, so I don't need to share anything. I think that it's interfering with my connection speed and is also screwing with my Weatherbug (I know, flame suit on). When I try to disable it nothing happens. If someone knows how to disable it so that I haev a "clean" connection to my router I'd appreciate it.

I'm so tired of Microshaft putting these damn "internet condoms" on my machine that I'm at the point of switching over to a Mac. Why don't they get the message that a large amount of their userbase is not illiterate and let us set our machines up the way we want? Microsoft sucks!!!!!

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green91runner · 02-26-2005, 10:09 AM

check to see if theres a network bridge in your network connections, if there is, disable/delete it, then delete your 'internet gateway', all you need in network connections is 'local area network' (you may also have a 1394 connection, which is a firewire card, which can stay)

PutzRunner · 02-26-2005, 10:13 AM

Rich,

Try here

This may help expalin it. I do not have it on my xp Pro running sp2.

Ray

rwmorrisonjr · 02-26-2005, 11:22 AM

Thanks. I disabled to service and it still pops up after I disable/enable my NIC. Myabe after a reboot it'll go away. I also don't have any bridged connections, would it be getting some sort of input from my AT& Worldnet dial-up software?

PutzRunner · 02-26-2005, 11:28 AM

Do you have your computers networked and if you did, did you specify one as a gateway or did you specify your router as a gateway?

That maybe where it is coming from.

Who is the IT guru on Yotatech?

rwmorrisonjr · 02-26-2005, 07:31 PM

They're networked but I'm using the Linksys router as the gateway. I also deleted the ATT dial-up connection and it's still there. It's also on my wife's PC and all she has is a NIC. Could it be seing the router and drawing info from that?

PutzRunner · 02-26-2005, 08:03 PM

Rich,

Have you gone to "start" then "help and support" and typed in "internet gateway?"

There is a lot there under 3. Using Internet Gateway and device discovery.

If your home network has an Internet gateway device, IGDDC adds an Internet gateway device icon to the Network Connections folder or the Communications program group, depending on which version of Windows your computer is running. The icon displays the name and status of the Internet connection on your device, and controls to configure the device.

When an Internet gateway device is discovered, the icon automatically appears on your computer. In Windows XP, the icon appears in the Network Connections folder, under Internet Gateway. On computers running Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition, an icon appears in the Communications program group and in the taskbar.

green91runner · 02-27-2005, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rwmorrisonjr

Thanks. I disabled to service and it still pops up after I disable/enable my NIC. Myabe after a reboot it'll go away. I also don't have any bridged connections, would it be getting some sort of input from my AT& Worldnet dial-up software?

strange that it refuses to delete when you dont have anything else depending on it.. so, when you disable it, can you then delete it.. or does it still refuse to be deleted? after you rebooted, did it come back?

if it won't go away, it really won't hurt your connection.. just have to live with it can curse billy and microsoft under your breath with a lil more vigor

flobadon · 02-28-2005, 02:26 PM

Hmm, perhaps rerunning the Network Connection Wizard will get rid of it. In there you can specify whether you connect to the Internet via a LAN or directly. IIRC somewhere in there is an option for setting up your machine as a gateway which allows it to perform the same duties as a router (if configured appropriately). Maybe try messing around in there.

ataris · 10-19-2009, 08:37 PM

To remove this "Internet Gateway" roaming in your Internet Connections, simply go into your Add/Remove Programs and go within your "Add/Remove Windows Components" window. Within that list of windows components, find the "Networking Services" components and click on "Details" at the bottom right of that list. Now, simply remove the "Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client" and click Ok, then click Next, wait a bit and then click on Finish. .. And now restart your computer.

Cheers.

Windsor · 10-19-2009, 11:30 PM

You revived a 4.5yo thread, bro.

arjan · 10-24-2009, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Windsor

You revived a 4.5yo thread, bro.

just in case he was still fighting with it

02-26-2005, 10:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
green91runner Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: thunder bay, ontario Posts: 897	check to see if theres a network bridge in your network connections, if there is, disable/delete it, then delete your 'internet gateway', all you need in network connections is 'local area network' (you may also have a 1394 connection, which is a firewire card, which can stay) __________________ 1991 4Runner SR5 3.0L 4wd 5Spd, 31x10.5 ATs, HG replaced 02/05, 320,000km 2008 Acura CSX 2.0L 5Spd, Leather, Sunroof, Wing, Fog Lights, VSA, TC, 10,000km

02-26-2005, 10:13 AM	#3 (permalink)
PutzRunner Contributing Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Salida, Colorado Posts: 288	Rich, Try here This may help expalin it. I do not have it on my xp Pro running sp2. Ray __________________ Ray <>< 1999 Limited Wife will not let me touch it............YET!!!! My Web Site

02-26-2005, 11:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
rwmorrisonjr Contributing Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Home: Aurora, CO; Work: The People's Republic of Denver Posts: 1,992	Thanks. I disabled to service and it still pops up after I disable/enable my NIC. Myabe after a reboot it'll go away. I also don't have any bridged connections, would it be getting some sort of input from my AT& Worldnet dial-up software? __________________ DD: 2006 Jeep Commander Sport 4.7l Trail rig: 1984 BII, 2.8, MSD 6A & Blaster 2 coil, Holley 2300, C5, OEM 1350, 7.5 & D28 with 4.56s, 33x12.50 BFG AT KOs on 15x8 black steelies, new "jeep" seats. Ugly but it runs and its paid for! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life."- Robert A. Heinlein

02-26-2005, 11:28 AM	#5 (permalink)
PutzRunner Contributing Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Salida, Colorado Posts: 288	Do you have your computers networked and if you did, did you specify one as a gateway or did you specify your router as a gateway? That maybe where it is coming from. Who is the IT guru on Yotatech? __________________ Ray <>< 1999 Limited Wife will not let me touch it............YET!!!! My Web Site

02-26-2005, 07:31 PM	#6 (permalink)
rwmorrisonjr Contributing Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Home: Aurora, CO; Work: The People's Republic of Denver Posts: 1,992	They're networked but I'm using the Linksys router as the gateway. I also deleted the ATT dial-up connection and it's still there. It's also on my wife's PC and all she has is a NIC. Could it be seing the router and drawing info from that? __________________ DD: 2006 Jeep Commander Sport 4.7l Trail rig: 1984 BII, 2.8, MSD 6A & Blaster 2 coil, Holley 2300, C5, OEM 1350, 7.5 & D28 with 4.56s, 33x12.50 BFG AT KOs on 15x8 black steelies, new "jeep" seats. Ugly but it runs and its paid for! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life."- Robert A. Heinlein

02-26-2005, 08:03 PM	#7 (permalink)
PutzRunner Contributing Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Salida, Colorado Posts: 288	Rich, Have you gone to "start" then "help and support" and typed in "internet gateway?" There is a lot there under 3. Using Internet Gateway and device discovery. If your home network has an Internet gateway device, IGDDC adds an Internet gateway device icon to the Network Connections folder or the Communications program group, depending on which version of Windows your computer is running. The icon displays the name and status of the Internet connection on your device, and controls to configure the device. When an Internet gateway device is discovered, the icon automatically appears on your computer. In Windows XP, the icon appears in the Network Connections folder, under Internet Gateway. On computers running Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition, an icon appears in the Communications program group and in the taskbar. __________________ Ray <>< 1999 Limited Wife will not let me touch it............YET!!!! My Web Site

02-28-2005, 02:26 PM	#9 (permalink)
flobadon Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Davenport, Iowa Posts: 151	Hmm, perhaps rerunning the Network Connection Wizard will get rid of it. In there you can specify whether you connect to the Internet via a LAN or directly. IIRC somewhere in there is an option for setting up your machine as a gateway which allows it to perform the same duties as a router (if configured appropriately). Maybe try messing around in there. __________________ :: 1989 Toyota Pickup 4x4 - 80,000 miles - 3 liter V6 :: : American Racing wheels : 32" BFG All Terrain T/A : OME Steering Damper : Maglite Mod : : Hella 550 white fogs : OEM Brush Guard : Pioneer HU/Speakers/Sub : Rio Karma MP3 player :

10-19-2009, 08:37 PM	#10 (permalink)
ataris Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1	To remove this "Internet Gateway" roaming in your Internet Connections, simply go into your Add/Remove Programs and go within your "Add/Remove Windows Components" window. Within that list of windows components, find the "Networking Services" components and click on "Details" at the bottom right of that list. Now, simply remove the "Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client" and click Ok, then click Next, wait a bit and then click on Finish. .. And now restart your computer. Cheers.

10-19-2009, 11:30 PM	#11 (permalink)
Windsor Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: DFW, Texas! Posts: 794	You revived a 4.5yo thread, bro. __________________ '87 T4R Deluxe, mall crawler every non-SR5 option installed (sans AT), as well as: * Cruise Control (dealer installed) * Michelin LTX A/T2 31s on 1st-gen alloy rims * SmittyBilt granny step bar * SR5 Instrument Cluster

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