Need help in monitoring

[trendy11one]

Here is my problem. Lately. Well, 3 or 4 months I have some weird issues with my internet. Here is little story about it.
4 months ago I have to start using router instead of direct connect my inet wire to PC. After that I notice, that sometimes I lost my connection for couple of seconds. This can happen every 10 min. Or every 2 hours. I thought its all about another PC, who shares my inet. Now I get rid off router, but problem still there.
So I came with 2 questions.
1. What can cause such a problem?
2. How can I track load of my network, which apps takes more that another? Basically I want to see graph, which show me right moment, when(and hopefully why) my connection dies for seconds.

[Slender]

I sometimes get this same issue and in my case, my router somehow unconfigures itself for some seconds, messing up the IP and the antenna signal and everything else. I then have to reboot my router and wait until I get connection on my PC.

It stays pretty stable for some days but then again, this issue re-appears. :l

[undertheinfluence]

I have similar problems that can be very frustrating... My internet will occasionally drop at unknown times along with my ping unnaturally spiking even when no one is using the internet. Also, obviously this seems like a configuration problem within my computer, but my brand new dell laptop has a ton of problems with the internet compared to others in the house. Although this laptop and its network connectivity performs perfectly with virtually ANY other network i have joined, this dell laptop on a wireless connection in my house does not seem to want to work at all. I have terrible ping in game and the internet will randomly drop the connection from my computer while other computers remain connected. Also, i feel like all of the data is going somewhere because at times i can literally not load a single google search while everyone else in my house has good internet. I WANT MY BANDWIDTH back family! but how do i do this???

[trendy11one]

Well, its not suppose to be configuration problem. As I said, after time of using router I came back to old config without router. And I didnt change anything. So I think it may be some app, that drain or overload my network for seconds. If I can track down time, when my internet goes down, I can compare it with activity of working apps. Maybe this will give an answer. But I dont know how to monitor those.

[Premier Stalin]

You can use resource monitor, which is like task manager and shows which apps are using your network, and you can also look at DL Meter I guess, which might help out.

[RedLight]

If you're comfortable with the command line, you can use tshark to monitor your usage.

Once installed, you can check statistics on the command line with the following argument:

tshark -t -z

Or a simpler version that comes with Windows:

netstat -e -s

Forgive me if I messed these up; it's been a while since I've used a Windows machine.

[sunshineduck]

plug in your computer via ethernet and see if it still works?