How to Check connectivity of the internet without even browsing

This is very useful in case we want to determine we have signals from the Internet service provider or there is some problem in computer

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

1. Boot to your Windows (Windows XP, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Vista)
2. Click on the start
3. Click on the run
4. In the run command type "CMD"
   
   Note : Dont enter any quotes
5. There will be a black windows opened in front of you. In the black windows type "ping www.google.com"
   
   Note : Dont enter any quotes
6. If you get the ping replies and you will also get Ping statistics
   Packets : Sent = 4 , Received = 4 , Lost = 0 (0% loss)
   
   If the lost bytes are zero then the connection is perfect but if it shows that there is some loss means there is some problem in the connection as some bytes are getting lost