[Klug-general] loss of internet

[George Prowse]

Blake Slade wrote:
> Having just got back to the UK I put Ubuntu on my desktop. It is now 
> dual booting with Vista. However I have found that when using Ubuntu 
> sometimes I am connected with the internet and at othertimes there is 
> no connection. This is disappointing (to say the least!). I have an 
> ethernet connection and Vista works perfectly.
>
> Any suggestions.
>
> Ps I tried a live version of Mandriva which worked perfectly.
Can you ping an ip address like a router or google ( 209.85.173.99)?
Does Ubuntu tell you that your computer has lost connection or is it 
just you are unable to bring any web pages up?

George