If you have a crappy DSL provider like BayanTel, you can monitor the number of times you have been disconnected in an hour using Windows 7's Event Viewer. I have also set up a poll because I am curious to find out the percentage of internet users who suffer from internet disconnections on a regular basis. I will keep this poll active for a year. So if you have a crappy ISP, vote on the poll and give us truthful data on how often your internet connection goes out.
Now back to monitoring your disconnections. First, click on the Start Button (The Windows Logo on the bottom left of your screen), then right-click on Computer and select Manage.
Next, follow the tree below until you get to the Windows Folder. So you start from Computer Management > System Tools > Event Viewer > Application and Services Logs > Microsoft > Windows
If you look at the right window pane, you should now have a list of all the times your computer has disconnected from the Internet.
All Event IDs that are 10001 represent disconnections. And as you can see, in a span of roughly an hour, BayanTel's connection has disconnected about 4 times. The good thing about Event Viewer is that you can pinpoint to the exact minute of the day that the network connection was lost.
You can also run ping continuously from the command line. Just click the Start Button, type cmd on the search box, and then type ping -t 202.78.97.41 on the C:\> prompt. You should see a list of pings (or Reply froms) as long as there is a connection present, and then see a list of Request timed outs once the connection has been cut off. You can verify that this coincides with the Event Viewer 10001 ID by checking the time this has happened on your system clock (lower right corner of the screen).
Perhaps I should compile a week's worth of data and send it to BayanTel's senior management. And yes, I have called them countless times, but they have not found a suitable solution to this problem and they want me to live with it.
Don't get locked in to a long-term contract. Don't even apply for BayanTel. You will regret it.
Now back to monitoring your disconnections. First, click on the Start Button (The Windows Logo on the bottom left of your screen), then right-click on Computer and select Manage.
Next, follow the tree below until you get to the Windows Folder. So you start from Computer Management > System Tools > Event Viewer > Application and Services Logs > Microsoft > Windows
Once under the Windows Folder, look for Network Profile from a long list of folders, and then click on Operational.
If you look at the right window pane, you should now have a list of all the times your computer has disconnected from the Internet.
All Event IDs that are 10001 represent disconnections. And as you can see, in a span of roughly an hour, BayanTel's connection has disconnected about 4 times. The good thing about Event Viewer is that you can pinpoint to the exact minute of the day that the network connection was lost.
You can also run ping continuously from the command line. Just click the Start Button, type cmd on the search box, and then type ping -t 202.78.97.41 on the C:\> prompt. You should see a list of pings (or Reply froms) as long as there is a connection present, and then see a list of Request timed outs once the connection has been cut off. You can verify that this coincides with the Event Viewer 10001 ID by checking the time this has happened on your system clock (lower right corner of the screen).
Perhaps I should compile a week's worth of data and send it to BayanTel's senior management. And yes, I have called them countless times, but they have not found a suitable solution to this problem and they want me to live with it.
Don't get locked in to a long-term contract. Don't even apply for BayanTel. You will regret it.
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