Networking/SSH Problems with 9.10

[Tim H.]

>>      Are you using ssh on the laptop?
> 
> I have sshd installed on all of my computers at home.  The laptop and both
> desktops.  Of course with the installation of sshd, I also have ssh
> installed.

Maybe I should be more clear.  The problem is from my Desktop which is 
connected wirlessly using the Gigabyte Wireless G card.  The problem 
does not show itself on my Laptop using a Realtek Wireless G card.

> Given the symptoms it's one possibility.  Try looking at 
> /etc/resolv.conf and confirming that you can ping the nameservers.

I checked this.  I even changed my settings.  I was using my router 
(192.168.10.1) as my DNS.  Here is the results from 100 pings:

--- 192.168.10.1 ping statistics ---
100 packets transmitted, 100 received, 0% packet loss, time 99124ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.520/9.786/728.076/72.408 ms

Seems good.  I tried calling Comcast to use their DNS server directly, 
however they can not provide me with one.  I have since changed the DNS 
to be blank which results in timeouts, of course.

It should be noted, my settings on the laptop (which works without 
problem) are identical to those on my Desktop (the comp with the 
problem) with the exception of the LAN IP, of course.  Also, my settings 
are the Desktop are identical to those I used on previous versions of 
Ubuntu.

**BTW my network dropped 5 times while writing this e-mail :P

Tim H.