Vista - dial-up status

I can no longer click on my dial-up connection short cut to see network
status(i.e. line speed) as I was able to do in the past. When I look at
the connection in "Manage Network Connections" of the "Network Sharing
Center", that dial-up connection shows a status of "connecting" instead
of "connected" making me believe that some final aspect of the
connection is not completing (although the connection does work). Any
help would be greatly appreciated.
TIA
Bob L.