i know there's many ping/monitoring programs and some have various alerts problem i'm experiencing is occasionally the net disconnects for a minute or so then re-connects when i'm concentrating on the screen i don't notice the modem lights but what happens when browsing is clicking on a new page it's extremly slow loading and - since it's happened several times - i know to look at the modem and the lights will be on but after maybe a couple of minutes - if i happen to have caught the disconnect as it begins - lights will go off confirming the disconnect so what i'm looking for is preferably free a utility that can pickup this disconnect process as it begins - before the lights go off and popup or sound alert there's a disconnect occuring - any recommendations ?