| Windows system has two commands "ipconfig" and "ping" that allows you to verify if your system is connected to the Internet or not.
If you run the "ipconfig /all" in a command window, you should get a response like this:
C:>ipconfig /all
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : no-domain-set.bellcan
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 570x Gigabit
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-34-97-24-F2
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.11
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
192.168.2.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, November 30
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, December 03,
If you run the "ping www.google.com" command in a command window, you should get a response like this:
C:>ping www.google.com
Pinging www.google.com [72.14.203.104] with 32 bytes of data
Reply from 72.14.203.104: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=241
Reply from 72.14.203.104: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=241
Reply from 72.14.203.104: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=241
Reply from 72.14.203.104: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=241
Ping statistics for 72.14.203.104:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 37ms, Maximum = 37ms, Average = 37ms
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