I suppose your son is connecting to your PC to access the internt? Your PC is setup to be the gateway machine? Yes, my son is using my pc to access. To enable the connection status of your network adapters go to your network adapters control panel and select a network adapter and go to "properties" and make sure "Display Connection Status at all times" is checked, it may state differently. I have no idea how to get to my "NETWORK ADAPTERS CONTROL PANEL" Thanks epic moon