The wireless does disconnect a lot too, but it could also just be the network. I know other (non-Linux-using) students have trouble with it. Other times it says it's connected but can't reach the server to authenticate the VPN. When the wireless drops, it tells me. When the wired drops, it claims to still be connected.
-- Network connection fails intermittently on feisty https://launchpad.net/bugs/82558 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
