Connection monitor software?

llama_man

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I've been having some problems with my broadband provider - my phoneline/exchange isn't very good and my connection spends more time not working than working! I'd like to have a program to monitor my connection 24/7 and record whether or not there is any signal. I can then use the statistics to argue for a substantial reimbursement of my subscription fee...

Does anyone know of a free program that could do this for me? all I need is it to check my connection every few minutes and record whether or not it was succesful.
 

hubbardt

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Hi,

You could write a small batch file that writes the time and date to a logfile with the results of a ping. Use the Windows task scheduler to run it (minimized mode) every 5 or 10 minutes ....

The logfile ISP.txt will be located in the same directory as your batch file.

Regards,


Example of batch file below:

@echo off
echo. >> ISP.txt
date /t >> ISP.txt
time /t >> ISP.txt
echo. >> ISP.txt
ping -n 1 www.microsoft.com >> ISP.txt
echo. >> ISP.txt
 

llama_man

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Thanks for your help! Unfortunately I'm a complete programming n00b and wouldn't know where to start with a batch file! Do I need a compiler or something? :?
 

hubbardt

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Not at all :wink:

Open Notepad
Paste the batch file commands into Notepad
Click on the 'File' menu option and select 'Save As'
Change the 'Save as type' box to 'All files'
Enter a name (e.g. isp.bat) for the batch filename
Save to a location on your disk (e.g. c:temp)

Schedule the batch file (look in control panel for the 'Scheduled Tasks' icon)

Let me know if you need any further help

Regards,