What everyone does when they're wondering
whether their internet connection has been lost.
ping www.yahoo.com
Pinging www.yahoo.akadns.net 216.32.74.55 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 216.32.74.55: bytes=32 time=43ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.32.74.55: bytes=32 time=49ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.32.74.55: bytes=32 time=48ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.32.74.55: bytes=32 time=46ms TTL=242
Ping statistics for 216.32.74.55:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 43ms, Maximum = 49ms, Average = 46ms
Very good! You aren't suffering from 100 percent packet loss