An internet connection monitor that runs while you work
A speed test tells you how fast the line is right now. An internet connection monitor answers a different question: did it drop, when, and for how long? That is what you need when calls freeze at random, a download dies overnight, or you have to prove to your provider that the problem is real.
This one is a small link light in the Windows notification area. Every few seconds it pings an address past your router and waits up to a second for the answer. Green means the reply came back. You never open a browser or a command prompt to find out whether you are online.
The checks carry on with the window closed. Open it later and the recent history is waiting for you.
Wi-Fi connected but no internet? The amber light
Windows can show full Wi-Fi bars while nothing actually loads. Most status icons only look at the adapter, so they stay happy. This app separates three conditions instead of two.
Red, You aren't connected to the internet, means no adapter has a link at all: a cable is out or Wi-Fi is off. Amber, You are connected but no internet, means the adapter is up but nothing beyond the router replies. That is the hotel or airport sign-in page you have not accepted yet, or a router whose own line to the provider has failed. Green is a working connection.
Knowing which one you have tells you where to look. Red points at the PC or the cable. Amber points at the router, the modem or the provider.
Track internet outages and when they happened
The window draws a Response time line from recent pings, about two hours of them at the default 5-second interval, with every outage shaded across it. Below it, Recent changes lists each switch between states with the time it happened and how long it lasted. Up to 64 changes are kept and six are shown at once.
That record lives in memory, so it starts fresh when the app restarts. For an overnight check, set it to Start with Windows and leave the PC on.
Get an alert when the internet keeps disconnecting
With Show a notification on, a small card appears beside the clock each time the state flips, stays for four seconds, then fades. It never takes keyboard focus, so it will not swallow what you are typing. If your connection keeps disconnecting, those cards tell you the moment it happens instead of when a page fails to load.
Click the jack in the window, or choose Check the connection now from the tray menu, to test immediately rather than waiting for the next round.
Set the ping target and how often to check
Address to ping defaults to 8.8.8.8 and takes any IPv4 address, so you can point it at a different public resolver or at a server you care about. How often to check offers Every 2 seconds, Every 5 seconds, Every 15 seconds or Every minute. Pause checking stops it without closing the app.
The same card shows your Local IP and Public IP; click either to copy it. The public address comes from an outside lookup, so turn off Look up the public IP address if you would rather the app made no request beyond its pings.
