Hi again.I don't dial at all - the computer connects directly through a router to the Internet. Åge <div class="gmail_quote">2009/1/18 Xianwen Chen <<a href="mailto:xianwen.chen@gmail.com">xianwen.chen@gmail.com</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Do you dial directly by the computer, or via a router? Wen <div><div class="Wj3C7c"> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Åge Vårdal <<a href="mailto:varage@gmail.com">varage@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > DSL - and I have an old laptop which I connect through a Dell USB wlan > adapter. > > 2009/1/18 Xianwen Chen <<a href="mailto:xianwen.chen@gmail.com">xianwen.chen@gmail.com</a>> >> >> What type of Internet connection are you using, Ågo? >> >> Wen >> >> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Åge Vårdal <<a href="mailto:varage@gmail.com">varage@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >> > I installed Xubuntu 8.10 a while ago and it looks and works fine except >> > for >> > a funny problem: When I start an Internet browser, the connection is >> > shut >> > off after one minute or two. If I just want to add programs or do other >> > system tasks online, the disconnecting problem doesn't appear. What can >> > I do >> > to stay online also when I am  using Firefox or  other browsers? >> > >> > -- >> > Åge :-) >> > >> > >> > >> > <a href="http://www.fe-wo.no" target="_blank">www.fe-wo.no</a> >> > <a href="http://talgjenytt.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://talgjenytt.blogspot.com/</a> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > xubuntu-users mailing list >> > <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> >> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Xianwen Chen (<a href="mailto:xianwen.chen@gmail.com">xianwen.chen@gmail.com</a>) >> MSc. Candidate in Fisheries and Aquaculture Economics and Management >> The Faculty of Economics, Nha Trang University, Vietnam >> The Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø, Norway >> >> Skype: xianwen.chen >> Mobile: +84-972-062-587, +86-13-774-228-909 >> -- >> xubuntu-users mailing list >> <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> > > > > -- > Åge :-) > > > > <a href="http://www.fe-wo.no" target="_blank">www.fe-wo.no</a> > <a href="http://talgjenytt.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://talgjenytt.blogspot.com/</a> > > > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> > > -- Xianwen Chen (<a href="mailto:xianwen.chen@gmail.com">xianwen.chen@gmail.com</a>) MSc. Candidate in Fisheries and Aquaculture Economics and Management The Faculty of Economics, Nha Trang University, Vietnam The Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø, Norway Skype: xianwen.chen Mobile: +84-972-062-587, +86-13-774-228-909 -- xubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> -- Åge :-) <a href="http://www.fe-wo.no">www.fe-wo.no</a> <a href="http://talgjenytt.blogspot.com/">http://talgjenytt.blogspot.com/</a>