Disabling Internet Gateway

Hi, I live in the UK and have Sky Broadband Max. This means I pay for a
service of up to 16Mbps. My usual download speed is 10.4Mbps. I run a Windows
XP pro machine with 1gb ram. My router is a Netgear DG834GT. I gather that
Sky have altered the firmware.

Now the problem I have is the periodic dropping of connection. By this I
mean I will have days where it stays connected. Then I get periods where it
will drop evey 6 minutes or so.

I do have a wireless network, as my son occasionally uses his pc to connect
using a Belkin Wireless G 54 Mbps network card (that's another story for
another time).

I have noticed certain conditions when the connection is more stable than
other times, hence this question.

Sometimes when I boot up the pc, it connects automatically. This leaves the
icon in the systray which says Local Area Connection 100.0Mbps. When I click
on Network Connections it says SiS 900-Based Fast Ethernet Adapter. When I
enter the address 192.168.0.1 in my browser, and enter the password, the
software tells me the speed I am connected at, usually 10.4 Mbps.

However, sometimes, usually if I have to reboot for some reason, or the
router is unplugged, another icon appears in the systray. This says Internet
Connection and either Status: connected or 10.4Mbps. When I click on Network
Connections there's an icon which says Internet Gateway. Now this seems to
have an ip address of 192.168.0.2. My son's pc has an address of 192.168.0.3

Now why do I have this 192.168.0.2 address, when my pc is the one connected
to the net? And how do I disable it? I click on Disable, and it tells me to
go to the properties of the shared connection, but it's not mentioned as
being connected there. And it doesn't always load up at the start, and when
it's not loaded it's far more stable.

I also run CMD; netstat, and see which ports are open and which are not.
When it halts halfway down I know I've got to restart the router.

Any comments gratefully received.

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"npharrison" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi, I live in the UK and have Sky Broadband Max. This means I pay for a
> service of up to 16Mbps. My usual download speed is 10.4Mbps. I run a
> Windows
> XP pro machine with 1gb ram. My router is a Netgear DG834GT. I gather that
> Sky have altered the firmware.
>
> Now the problem I have is the periodic dropping of connection. By this I
> mean I will have days where it stays connected. Then I get periods where
> it
> will drop evey 6 minutes or so.
>
> I do have a wireless network, as my son occasionally uses his pc to
> connect
> using a Belkin Wireless G 54 Mbps network card (that's another story for
> another time).
>
> I have noticed certain conditions when the connection is more stable than
> other times, hence this question.
>
> Sometimes when I boot up the pc, it connects automatically. This leaves
> the
> icon in the systray which says Local Area Connection 100.0Mbps. When I
> click
> on Network Connections it says SiS 900-Based Fast Ethernet Adapter. When I
> enter the address 192.168.0.1 in my browser, and enter the password, the
> software tells me the speed I am connected at, usually 10.4 Mbps.
>
> However, sometimes, usually if I have to reboot for some reason, or the
> router is unplugged, another icon appears in the systray. This says
> Internet
> Connection and either Status: connected or 10.4Mbps. When I click on
> Network
> Connections there's an icon which says Internet Gateway. Now this seems to
> have an ip address of 192.168.0.2. My son's pc has an address of
> 192.168.0.3
>
> Now why do I have this 192.168.0.2 address, when my pc is the one
> connected
> to the net? And how do I disable it? I click on Disable, and it tells me
> to
> go to the properties of the shared connection, but it's not mentioned as
> being connected there. And it doesn't always load up at the start, and
> when
> it's not loaded it's far more stable.
>
> I also run CMD; netstat, and see which ports are open and which are not.
> When it halts halfway down I know I've got to restart the router.
>
> Any comments gratefully received.