Connected to the internet with no network process

[COKEDUDE]

This is what I did.

$ ps -ef | grep -i networkroot      6657     1  0 12:55 ?        00:00:01 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager
bob       7251  7212  0 13:24 pts/3    00:00:00 grep --color=auto -i

$ sudo kill -9 6657
[sudo] password for bob:

$ ping -c 5 google.com
PING google.com (74.125.229.160) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from mia04s04-in-f0.1e100.net (74.125.229.160): icmp_req=1 ttl=55 time=7.02 ms
64 bytes from mia04s04-in-f0.1e100.net (74.125.229.160): icmp_req=2 ttl=55 time=7.41 ms
64 bytes from mia04s04-in-f0.1e100.net (74.125.229.160): icmp_req=3 ttl=55 time=7.05 ms
64 bytes from mia04s04-in-f0.1e100.net (74.125.229.160): icmp_req=4 ttl=55 time=7.33 ms
64 bytes from mia04s04-in-f0.1e100.net (74.125.229.160): icmp_req=5 ttl=55 time=7.26 ms

--- google.com ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4005ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 7.021/7.217/7.411/0.179 ms



$ ps -ef | grep -i network
bob       7271  7212  0 13:26 pts/3    00:00:00 grep --color=auto -i network

How am I still connected to the internet? I killed my network process.

[COKEDUDE]

I need some help thinking of ways to quickly check if I am connected to the internet while on an internal network. I never lose connection to the internal network but for some annoying reason I lose the internet quite often. I don't get any errors or warnings. I usually find out that I have lost my internet connection when my youtube playlist stops playing. I'm sure there is a way to quickly do this.

[glennzo]

Threads merged. Backwards, but merged.

[BBQdave]

Originally Posted by COKEDUDE

I need some help thinking of ways to quickly check if I am connected to the internet while on an internal network.

Depending on your DE, there usually is a network manager (WLAN or LAN) indicator application of signal strength and connection in your DE bar.

[COKEDUDE]

Originally Posted by glennzo

Threads merged. Backwards, but merged.

Why? They are 2 completely different questions.

[jpollard]

A network connection is a driver issue, not a process issue.

If the network driver has a valid network configuration loaded, then you have a network connection (unless the wire is disconnected).

Doesn't mean any processes are using it though.