Cannot enable again Internet Gateway

Hi, I'm running Windows XP pro, and skybroadband with a netgear wireless
router. Until my son's pc with a wireless connector stopped working, he used
to connect to my pc as fine as the Sky firmware in the router would allow.
But what I noticed was regardless of whether he was connected or not, if I
had to reboot the router, I would get a Local Area Connection connected icon
up in the systray, with a displayed speed of 100.0Mbps followed by an
Internet Gateway connected box in ths systray too, which displayed the line
speed of 10.4Mbps. When this happened, my connection was never usually
stable, dropping frequently. Sometimes when I rebooted my machine, I would
only get the LAC icon up and it would run for days or weeks.

So I decided to disable the Internet Gateway bit. But just before my son's
pc crashed, I tried to connect it, and found that whilst it was picking up
the wireless network and identifying it correctly, it couldn't connect with
the internet. I tried again today with my step-mother's laptop, with a brand
new connection, but it still won't connect.

I've clicked on Network Connections; Internet gateway; Enable and it returns
still disabled.

I have right clicked on Local Area Connection, properties, advanced, then
ticked the box Allow other network users to connect...., then clicked ok, and
I get an error box which says:

"An error occurred while Internet Connection Sharing was being enabled.

Internet Connection Sharing cannot be enabled. A LAN connection is already
configured with the IP address that is required for automatic IP addressing."

And when I use Network Connection wizard, it tells me that Unknown Internet
Connection is using the address already, or something similar.

So, finally, the questions I am asking, is where would I find Unknown
Internet Connection, and how do I enable Internet Gateway, and get it under
better control?

Hope I've posted in the right section. Many thanks in anticipation.

Personally, I would no use the feature at all. I would have
your router act as the gateway to the internet.

You may want to have a look at the following:

Troubleshooting Internet Connection Sharing in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308006/en-us


"npharrison" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:
> Hi, I'm running Windows XP pro, and skybroadband with a netgear wireless
> router. Until my son's pc with a wireless connector stopped working, he
> used
> to connect to my pc as fine as the Sky firmware in the router would allow.
> But what I noticed was regardless of whether he was connected or not, if I
> had to reboot the router, I would get a Local Area Connection connected
> icon
> up in the systray, with a displayed speed of 100.0Mbps followed by an
> Internet Gateway connected box in ths systray too, which displayed the
> line
> speed of 10.4Mbps. When this happened, my connection was never usually
> stable, dropping frequently. Sometimes when I rebooted my machine, I would
> only get the LAC icon up and it would run for days or weeks.
>
> So I decided to disable the Internet Gateway bit. But just before my son's
> pc crashed, I tried to connect it, and found that whilst it was picking up
> the wireless network and identifying it correctly, it couldn't connect
> with
> the internet. I tried again today with my step-mother's laptop, with a
> brand
> new connection, but it still won't connect.
>
> I've clicked on Network Connections; Internet gateway; Enable and it
> returns
> still disabled.
>
> I have right clicked on Local Area Connection, properties, advanced, then
> ticked the box Allow other network users to connect...., then clicked ok,
> and
> I get an error box which says:
>
> "An error occurred while Internet Connection Sharing was being enabled.
>
> Internet Connection Sharing cannot be enabled. A LAN connection is already
> configured with the IP address that is required for automatic IP
> addressing."
>
> And when I use Network Connection wizard, it tells me that Unknown
> Internet
> Connection is using the address already, or something similar.
>
> So, finally, the questions I am asking, is where would I find Unknown
> Internet Connection, and how do I enable Internet Gateway, and get it
> under
> better control?
>
> Hope I've posted in the right section. Many thanks in anticipation.