try the latest version--and hope that the error is fixed.

btw, downloads and uploads don't need LW to be connected, just running. The connections to other hosts are mostly needed for searches.

If connections to all the hosts in the connections pane drop, then LW will sometimes flash that erroneous message that you aren't connected to the internet. The devs have been trying for a while to figure out why that happens, but apparently it's not a simple bug.

You can set the bug report options to "always discard all errors" or "send immediately". That might stop all the errors popping up for review.