Internet Connection Icon
in [Windows XP]
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From: Spamlet on 19 Jul 2010 14:02 "bm" <Darroch(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:OwIxYeKJLHA.1016(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > "Spamlet" <spam.morespam(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message > news:i1ns2p$f3u$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> >> "bm" <Darroch(a)aol.com> wrote in message >> news:etPm8NFJLHA.4120(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>> >>> "Peter" <nospam(a)nospam.com.invalid> wrote in message >>> news:i1ndso$mu5$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >>>> On 07/15/2010 06:25 PM, bm wrote: >>>>> The Icon which normally sits beside the Icon for the Local Area >>>>> Connection >>>>> has disappeared >>>>> How can I reinstate it? >>>>> I find it useful to check my Broadband speed >>>>> Blair >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> Go to the Network folder, right click on your >>>> connection/properties/show icon in task bar or some such. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Peter >>> >>> Further to my last communication I decided to reinstall my modem >>> Netgear) and during the process the icon appeared for the Internet >>> Connection but at the finish it disappeared! >>> Quite a mystery >>> Blair >> I suspect that sometimes when going through a router it does not register >> as an internet connection. Ours seem to be a bit random as to whether >> they show the internet connection icon too. The router is a Buffalo. >> (Also, using a spare router as a wireless bridge we get two LAC icons as >> well.) I'd say, just as long as you are getting your web pages, it's not >> worth worrying about. You can check your speed via Internet Frog, or >> similar. >> >> S > Thanks for your reply. I agree it isn't a real problem and I have been > getting the speed through CNET > Believe or not as I typed this I noticed that the icon has reappeared!! > Problem solved for the moment! > Regards > Blair Yes. it tends to behave like that. Another possibility: if you have several users, is that one of them turns on more connections than another, and some are set to show icons and others not. I often find my partner has onboard dongle, wireless bridge, and ethernet all on at the same time. S |