Gateway?

Question

When I click on start/connect to/show all connections I get my wireless connection listed but I also get a listing under inernet gateway of internet connection. I do not recall setting this up on my router. Can someone please explain what this showing me and how I could have set it this up. On this network I am using a Linksys wrt54g v2 w/ firmware 4.30.

Inspiron E1505
Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7200 (4MB/2.00GHz/667MHz)
15.4 Inch UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-screen WSXGA+
1GB, DDR2, 533MHz 2 Dimm
256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400
120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
8X DVD+/-RW Philips Drive
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Mini Card (54Mbps)
Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Module (2.0 + EDR)
Windows XP Pro SP2
Bios A08
pur. Sept. 7 2006
WRT54G Linksys router v3.1 (DD-WRT v23 SP2 std)
ZoneAlarm Pro v 6.0.667.000
Kaspersky AntiVirus v 6.0.0.300

volcano11 · Answer

Did you ever have this computer connected directly to a dsl or cable modem by a USB connection?   That is usually what installs the gateway on the computer.   Steve

dallascowboyswo · Answer

No I have never setup via DSL or using USB. I have only setup via Cable modem and ethernet connection.

Inspiron E1505
Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7200 (4MB/2.00GHz/667MHz)
15.4 Inch UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-screen WSXGA+
1GB, DDR2, 533MHz 2 Dimm
256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400
120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
8X DVD+/-RW Philips Drive
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Mini Card (54Mbps)
Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Module (2.0 + EDR)
Windows XP Pro SP2
Bios A08
pur. Sept. 7 2006
WRT54G Linksys router v3.1 (DD-WRT v23 SP2 std)
ZoneAlarm Pro v 6.0.667.000
Kaspersky AntiVirus v 6.0.0.300

_Paladin · Answer

dallas,   The Internet gateway you see in Network Connections is your UPnP enabled router.  It's perfectly normal.  If you want to remove it from Network Connections, use a browser to navigate to the Administration screen in the router's configuration and disable UPnP there.  Be sure you are not running any applications that need UPnP first.  See  this  for a discussion about the potential downside to having UPnP enabled.

timh8887 · Answer

Hey, My gateway is permanently disabled, and I have been trying to enable it, but havent figured out how to yet. I think i have tried everything, but do you have any suggestions thanks.

Larry R · Answer

What is the problem you are having?  If, as I suspect, you are not able to reach your network gateway then that is a physical configuration problem as a gateway is just the IP address of the device your computer needs to talk to in order to pass network traffic from your local network to the internet (or any other network).  As the post you replied to points out, that gateway is typically your router (though it might be your ISPs router, depending on how your network is set up).

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