Menu Bar icon app to monitor network quality (using ping)

Posted by tpinto on Tuesday July 01, 2014 @04:49AM
from the antirez.com dept.

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Re:Menu Bar icon app to monitor network quality (using ping) by hanru on Tuesday July 01, 2014 @09:19AM (#7970415)

On Windows 7 and later, the system will automatically detect network connectivity and alert user if there's no internet access. I've spent some time on learning how this works, and here is the technical detail: http://blog.superuser.com/2011/05/16/windows-7-network-aware...

I wonder why OS X doesn't have such a useful functionality...

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Re:Menu Bar icon app to monitor network quality (using ping) by sirn on Tuesday July 01, 2014 @09:45AM (#7970561)

In OSX, there is a "Alert: No Internet Connection" notification directly in the AirPort menu bar[1] when there is no internet connection.

[1]: http://d.pr/i/yjvG

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Re:Menu Bar icon app to monitor network quality (using ping) by dpedu on Tuesday July 01, 2014 @12:33PM (#7971814)

This doesn't appear nearly as quickly as the software in OP's post would.

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