Chromebook gotcha: WIFI connection lost

I love Chromebooks, as you might have already noticed, but I have spotted a bug or two over the years.

The one that still affects me to this day involves the loss of WIFI connectivity when I start using my Chromebook again after having closed its lid and left it for a while.

The symptom: Chrome will display a page saying 'Unable to connect to the Internet' instead of the web page you're after.

The temporary fix:

1. Click on the WIFI icon in the lower right hand corner of your screen (it's usually just to the right of the battery icon).
2. Click on the 'Connected to <your network name>' menu entry.
3. Click on the new WIFI icon that's just appeared (just above and to the right of the one in your status bar). This disables WIFI completely. Click on it again. This re-enables WIFI. Websites should now load!

As you've probably guessed this 'fix' has to be run every time you pick up your Chromebook and it's lost its WIFI. (But once you do it a few times you get pretty fast at doing it :) .)