Try to test ping <blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 18.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">ping <a href="http://google.com">google.com</a> </blockquote> See what happen. ---------------------------------------------------------- <a href="http://forums.linuxdesh.com/member.php?action=register&referrer=3%20" target="_blank">Dedicated Linux Forum in Bangladesh</a> Thank you Md Ashickur Rahman Volunteer, Foundation for Open Source Solutions Bangladesh. <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Alan Duval <<a href="mailto:amoht@westnet.com.au">amoht@westnet.com.au</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> Hi, My taskbar shows that I have an internet connection but Firefox isn't able to connect with the internet lately. Don't know if this happened after I installed a DVD copying program. Any suggestions as to how to get Firefox connecting again? Thunderbird also cant connect. Alan Duval -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>