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262606 2004-08-17 11:36:00 Hello all :)

A few weeks back before I upgrade to Win XP SP2 RC 2, I use to be able to get/use a thing called "Internet Gateway" which aloud me to see how much data I have download/upload to the internet (Like a 3rd parry bandwidth meter, But it was hole lot better as it just told me how much data I Just used on the INTERNET, NOT on the network (as this computer shear the internet with 2 other computers),

& it was very very useful (I don’t have a cue or I can’t rember how I got it to show up, I think one night I was mocking around in the network setting I think??? ?:|)

Or it might have been because I had a 56K modem in my computer, which is now removed

You can see this Internet Gateway in these three screen shots I did a few days before I upgrade to SP 2 RC 2

lvcac.orcon.net.nz ( – Internet Gateway it’s self

lvcac.orcon.net.nz ( Screen ( [url) shot 3- What it says under the Network Connection now after I upgrade to Win XP SP2 RC 2

Does any one have any ideas how I can bring back this very very useful feature??? ?:| 		stu120404 (268)
262607 2004-08-17 12:02:00 I'd have a rummage around in the new XP SP2 security area Stu. Or browse to your router (the gateway) to get the same info, not really a fix but might have to do for now.

Cheers Murray P 		Murray P (44)
262608 2004-08-17 21:48:00 When logged in as an administrator go to My Network Places and on the options on the left click on Show icons for networked UPnP devices. This may get what you are after. Berryb (654)
262609 2004-08-17 21:58:00 AFAIK that icon only shows up when there is a dial-up or usb adsl connection somewhere in the PC. When connected via ethernet card only there isn't a 'gateway' as such, it is just traffic over the network card. Jester (13)
262610 2004-08-17 22:49:00 Its my understanding that Windows XP Service Pack 2 blocks uPnP, so you'll have to make an exception in the firewall.

From there you should be able to view it again :-) 		Chilling_Silence (9)
262611 2004-08-18 01:08:00 >Or browse to your router (the gateway) to
> get the same info, not really a fix but might have to
> do for now.

We don’t have a router; we only have an internal ADSL modem :)

Thanks for the replies, I will have a look around uPnP & see if that brings it back

I will let you know how I get on. 		stu120404 (268)
262612 2004-08-23 01:04:00 Thanks Murray P, Berryb, Jester & Chilling_Silence for your reply’s :)

I now have that "Internet Gateway" thing back again, YA! & I think it was because uPnP was block that is why I did not show up. 		stu120404 (268)
262613 2004-08-23 06:25:00 I think that this is the question I was trying to asking in another thread.
Thanks to Stu for asking in a more understandable way. Still don't know what the "Packets" are tho & how this relates to ADSL usage. PJ 		Poppa John (284)
262614 2004-08-23 07:10:00 PJ, a "packet" is just a "chunk" of data . (About 0 . 5 to 1 . 5 kB)

The size of the "packet" (number of bytes) is that which is set in the MTU (Maximum Transmissable Packet Unit) setup for your network connection, but its just one "burst" of data .

Perhaps you think that the data is a continuous string of 1's and 0's but in reality its a series of "bursts" of these, each one of which is a "packet"

With ADSL each "packet" will be approximately 0 . 5 kB to 1 . 5 kB of data (depending on the setup) .

Here is a description from Google:

"IP packets (packets which make up Internet traffic) are variable in length and can be anything from 576 bytes to usually a maximum of 1500 bytes (although some parts of the Internet can accept larger values) include the header .

ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) packets are fixed packets of length 53 bytes, which includes a 5 byte header and so has a 48 byte ‘payload’ . PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) adds a further ten bytes of header to the system .

A header is the part of the packet which describes its source, destination and other useful information; much like the address you stick to an envelope . " 		godfather (25)
262615 2004-08-23 09:50:00 Don't know how to get that back but I have another option - try Net Limiter. It's a lot better than what you're using as it shows what program is actually accessing the internet and how fast it's transferring. It also provides how much data you've used over a set period (monthly in my case as per the billing cycle) and puts it all in a graph for you too! I used to use DU meter but found it calculates both LAN and net traffic. Now only use net limiter. My PC is setup as a gateway too and this works really well. davidb (5576)
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