Networking → [XP] Driving Me NUTS!!

Local Area Connection on Linux IGD
WTF????
I can not get it to go away. What is it?
I'm not running Linux. DSL Modem is a Acction(sp?)tec? with Qwest.
Help?

The Local Area Connection on Linux IGD, is just the dsl modem. it is not a computer.

Erik

It has never been there before though. I got rid of a ton of spyware/adware today (gf's computer here having problems) could there be something wrong still? Did a virus scan too. This came up after I did all of that.

google for upnp. it's nothing to wet yourself over

Chill out! It is just Windows automatically finding an Internet Gateway. You probably had it turned off before and you just recently enabled the setting.

And ditto:

The DSL modem is probably running a version of Linux...

A guess... Linux IGD = Linux Internet Gateway Device

Spinnaker

I guess I wouldn't worry about it to much other than sometimes the internet just stops working sometimes. And yes, other computers on the network are still working fine. (Guess I should have added that)

You want that to go away uninstall the "Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client" in "Network Services" "Windows Components" in Add/Remove Programs.

The reason I says Linux is your modem or router is based on a Linux kernel and the service is picking up on it.

dsl modem does run linux for its os.