Network connections help

Renee

In Network Connections in Control panel I have..
Internet Gateway
Local Area connection 2
1394 connection.
They all say that they are connected.

Is this right.

Advice appreciated

rhythmsoup

Hi,

Im assuming you are running some version of windows?

1. Open up a command line (start menu --> run --> type "cmd")
2. type the command "ipconfig /all"
3, paste the output here

Thanks

Renee

rhythmsoup, here it is

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Coxon>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : coxonpc
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : home
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit E
thernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-25-2F-7E-7D
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.65
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 24 March 2010 2:58:51 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 25 March 2010 2:58:51 PM

rhythmsoup

Renee wrote: »

This is your machines IP address, this means your connected ok
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.65
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

This is your router and shows your are connected ok and have a default gateway (where to go for the internet connection)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 24 March 2010 2:58:51 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 25 March 2010 2:58:51 PM

So, in short your connected just fine. You can try this simple test;

In the command line window again type

ping www.google.co.uk

You should see something like this coming back

Reply from 208.80.152.2: bytes=32 time=80ms TTL=53
Reply from 208.80.152.2: bytes=32 time=81ms TTL=53
Reply from 208.80.152.2: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=53
Reply from 208.80.152.2: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=53

This shows you you are connected to the web. If you have problems browsing etc, then its likely to be a firewall or some security software stopping you.

Hope this helps.

esuhl

Renee wrote: »

In Network Connections in Control panel I have..
Internet Gateway
Local Area connection 2
1394 connection.
They all say that they are connected.

Is this right.

"Local Area connection 2" is your connection over your local network to your router (presumably via a network cable).

"1394 connection" is a FireWire interface on your PC ( a bit like USB). You could (if you wanted) connect two PCs via a FireWire cable, which is why it shows up in "Network Connections".

And... according to this page on another forum, "Internet Gateway" may be your router identifying itself to your computer via uPNP so that you can control or monitor it in some way.

So, this sounds okay! It's always worth running scans with your antivirus and anti-malware utilities if you're worried, though.