Did I Lose Connectivity? Need A Program That Can Help, Please.

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I am hoping that there is a program that can show me when I am online and when I lose my connection.

Nothing major, but it would be nice if it could stay in my app tray, and tell me when I lose access.

A bonus would be if it could tell me where I lose my connection (router or modem).

Thanks
 
I think I have my own IP address (the program found it), but where can I get an IP address for another site?

Thank you so much for the help.
 
ccualumni said:
I think I have my own IP address (the program found it), but where can I get an IP address for another site?
depends
if your system's directly connected to the modem, ipconfig /all
will give you the DHCP,DNS servers and the gateway.
dial-up connections will behave the same.

if you have a router, then the web-browser interface should show the same info for the WAN setup.

make life simple; ping your ISP by ip-address;
if successful, the net is yours
else, you've got a connectivity issued to be resolve
(router down, connection lost)

Frankly, I've always set my browser home page to that of the ISP,
giving me an immediate feedback that I have connectivity or not to the ISP.
 
Thanks for the feedback. I did not know how to get the IP for Yahoo.

Ok, I figured it out. I have to put the website in the box in Tray Ping, then add it. It will then ping that for me.

Thanks, I get it now.
 
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