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Any program to monitor internet connection?

  • 04-04-2010 3:59pm
    #1
    Takeshi_Kovacs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,115 ✭✭✭


    I have permanet wireless broadband, and while for the last year or two it has been pretty rock solid, the last few weeks it has been dreadful. I am constantly getting disconnected, and at times it gets very slow (trying to watch a short youtube vid is painful).

    Now i have run antivirus scan and adware scan, and have not found anything suspicious, and i have checked the modem, wires itself for bad connections etc.
    I am just wondering if anyone knows of any good program, that can be used to monitor the stability of the connection, i.e. record speed over time, and number of disconnects?


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  • #2
    Chris_5339762
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,930 ✭✭✭Chris_5339762


    Pingplotter http://www.pingplotter.com/ can monitor disconnections but not speed. It basically pings a server every 15 seconds or so and graphs it.


  • #3
    Ian Beale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 768 ✭✭✭Ian Beale


    Download pingplotter, set it to ping www.google.com at 1 second intervals, unlimited time and set samples to 10,let it run for a good hour and look back on it and see if there are any blocks of red on the graph.


  • #4
    Takeshi_Kovacs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,115 ✭✭✭Takeshi_Kovacs


    Thanks guys, just downloaded and running it now. Only been going last 5 mins, but atm, there is red block nearly every 30 secs, and lots of packet loss on the upper graph... gonna leave it run for a good bit.
    Heres a screenshot of what it looks like atm
    http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/7898/pingv.jpg


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