Where'd this "Linux IGD" connection come from?

I just installed a Proxim 802.11b/g combo card on my laptop running XP Pro
(with the WPA patch) and in the "Network Connections" window I find an
entry

Internet Gateway

Local Area Connection on Linux IGD Type: Internet Gateway

If I look at its "Status", I see the sent & received packet count for "My
Computer" steadily incrementing, but no change under the "Internet Gatway"
icon.

No connections show up on "netstat" and Ethereal shows no packets flowing
in or out on any interface.

If I try to disable it, I get an error dialog that says "It is not
possible to disconnect at this time. The connection is currently busy with
a connect or disconnect operation".

If I disable the Wireless interface, this "IGD" thing disappears, and
then reappears when I enable the interface. It shows up each time I
reboot.

Everything ->seems to work OK, but I'd really like to know what this thing
is.

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Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN (E-Mail Removed)

Bert Hyman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<Xns94C6AB94C1D26VeebleFetzer@209.98.13.60>.. .
> I just installed a Proxim 802.11b/g combo card on my laptop running XP Pro
> (with the WPA patch) and in the "Network Connections" window I find an
> entry
>
> Internet Gateway
>
> Local Area Connection on Linux IGD Type: Internet Gateway
>

I just ran across this after installing a Qwest wireless DSL modem.

I pretty much tried everything you mentioned above but ended up ignoring it.

Toy Man

The "Local Area Connection on Linux IGD" "Type: Internet Gateway"
appears to have come from a Microsoft Windows Messenger Update. It
showed up originally about 04/16/04.
How to verify:
1. Launch Windows Messenger
2. Get online to you account and leave it active
3. Now got to Windows "START" button
4. Proceed to "Network Connections"
5. Right Click on LAN Connection Linux IGD and choose properties
6. There is one button in the lower right "Settings"
7. This opens "Advanced Settings"
8. You will see your IP address followed by a UDP and TCP port
9. Remove the checks from the boxes, save and restart.
10. Low and behold the "Local Area Connection on Linux IGD" is gone
with no problems.

This handled it on my system. PS:Qwest, Actiontec, my ISP had no clue.

Pete

Bert Hyman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<Xns94C6AB94C1D26VeebleFetzer@209.98.13.60>.. .
> I just installed a Proxim 802.11b/g combo card on my laptop running XP Pro
> (with the WPA patch) and in the "Network Connections" window I find an
> entry
>
> Internet Gateway
>
> Local Area Connection on Linux IGD Type: Internet Gateway
>
> If I look at its "Status", I see the sent & received packet count for "My
> Computer" steadily incrementing, but no change under the "Internet Gatway"
> icon.
>
> No connections show up on "netstat" and Ethereal shows no packets flowing
> in or out on any interface.
>
> If I try to disable it, I get an error dialog that says "It is not
> possible to disconnect at this time. The connection is currently busy with
> a connect or disconnect operation".
>
> If I disable the Wireless interface, this "IGD" thing disappears, and
> then reappears when I enable the interface. It shows up each time I
> reboot.
>
> Everything ->seems to work OK, but I'd really like to know what this thing
> is.

The "Local Area Connection on Linux IGD" "Type: Internet Gateway"
appears to have come from a Microsoft Windows Messenger Update. It
showed up originally about 04/16/04.
How to verify:
1. Launch Windows Messenger
2. Get online to you account and leave it active
3. Now got to Windows "START" button
4. Proceed to "Network Connections"
5. Right Click on LAN Connection Linux IGD and choose properties
6. There is one button in the lower right "Settings"
7. This opens "Advanced Settings"
8. You will see your IP address followed by a UDP and TCP port
9. Remove the checks from the boxes, save and restart.
10. Low and behold the "Local Area Connection on Linux IGD" is gone
with no problems.

This handled it on my system. PS:Qwest, Actiontec, my ISP had no clue.



Bert Hyman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<Xns94C6AB94C1D26VeebleFetzer@209.98.13.60>.. .
> I just installed a Proxim 802.11b/g combo card on my laptop running XP Pro
> (with the WPA patch) and in the "Network Connections" window I find an
> entry
>
> Internet Gateway
>
> Local Area Connection on Linux IGD Type: Internet Gateway
>
> If I look at its "Status", I see the sent & received packet count for "My
> Computer" steadily incrementing, but no change under the "Internet Gatway"
> icon.
>
> No connections show up on "netstat" and Ethereal shows no packets flowing
> in or out on any interface.
>
> If I try to disable it, I get an error dialog that says "It is not
> possible to disconnect at this time. The connection is currently busy with
> a connect or disconnect operation".
>
> If I disable the Wireless interface, this "IGD" thing disappears, and
> then reappears when I enable the interface. It shows up each time I
> reboot.
>
> Everything ->seems to work OK, but I'd really like to know what this thing
> is.

In news:(E-Mail Removed) om
(E-Mail Removed) (Pete) wrote:

> The "Local Area Connection on Linux IGD" "Type: Internet Gateway"
> appears to have come from a Microsoft Windows Messenger Update. It
> showed up originally about 04/16/04.
> How to verify:
> 1. Launch Windows Messenger
> 2. ...
> 10. Low and behold the "Local Area Connection on Linux IGD" is gone
> with no problems.

All I did was install the latest version of Messenger and the IGD thing
went away on its own.

Still, I'd ->really like to know what that was all about.

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Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN (E-Mail Removed)