Please implement a method of telling the user that there is a wireless connection but not internet like Windows 7 does

Asked by JC

Sometimes my router goes nuts and will give me a wireless connection but I cannot connect to the internet.

All I have to do is unplug the router and plug it back in.

Though, on Ubuntu I only know when I try to go online and my homepages fails to load.

On Windows 7, the wireless icon in the taskbar shows the bars that represent the connection, but there is a yellow "caution" arrow on the wireless icon followed by a message that there is no internet connection.

Can you please implement something similar to this in Ubuntu so I can know right after log in that it is my router failing as opposed to something else?

Thank you!

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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You can submit suggestions on:

http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com

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marcus aurelius (adbiz) said :
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your suggestion will get voted on. if there is an overriding amount of people who want to feature, it may get implemented. note the word "may".

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JC (nothingness) said :
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Ok. Thanks everyone!

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JC (nothingness) said :
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Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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marcus aurelius (adbiz) said :
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oh. i noticed that that feature is already available. there's a dotted orange line around the wireless icon when there's not wireless signal.