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Traffic evident whilst network disconnectedOn 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. In article <1156939400.205561.77***@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>,
Show quoteHide quote "jmarsh1***@hotmail.com" <jmarsh1***@hotmail.com> wrote: The Internet Gateway is the device (broadband router or computer>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. 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. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Thanks Steve. Oh crikey! I have changed none of the settings for
accessing our router, i.e. I wasn't trying to hack another network. (There is one nearby). If the other network is vulnerable like this, what can I advise its owners to do to secure it? They use WEP; I don't know what router they have or which PC OS. In article <1156955056.381193.194***@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com>,
Show quoteHide quote "jmarsh1***@hotmail.com" <jmarsh1***@hotmail.com> wrote: You're welcome, John. If your neighbor's wireless network uses WEP, I>>>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. > >Thanks Steve. Oh crikey! I have changed none of the settings for >accessing our router, i.e. I wasn't trying to hack another network. >(There is one nearby). If the other network is vulnerable like this, >what can I advise its owners to do to secure it? They use WEP; I don't >know what router they have or which PC OS. don't think that your computer connected to it -- you would have to type in your neighbor's WEP key to do that. Any unsecured wireless networks in the neighborhood? -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com The neighbouring WEP network is the only other one found by the
wireless adaptor & software. Perhaps the PC was exchanging pleasantries with a wireless doorbell! :-) John Marsh.
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