Internet connectivity check with logging

[porina]

In short, I have a router that I suspect is unstable. I don't want to have to watch it while doing longer term testing, so I'm looking for some kind of software way to regularly monitor if a connection can be made from the internal side to external side. Assume for now I have a system on both sides that I can control, or the internet can be used for the external side.

 

As a one time job I hope there is a "free" solution to this, and it should run on Windows.

[Skiiwee29]

you could run ping plotter. Probably one of the better options so you can see when its dropping exactly. 

[porina]

7 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

you could run ping plotter. Probably one of the better options so you can see when its dropping exactly. 

Looks great, I'll have to set it up shortly and give it a try.

[porina]

I've been running this for some 5 hours now, no drops detected. To give it some network load I did leave youtube playing throughout, but wonder if I should hit it with something heavier?

 

Question part 2: is there a way to simulate a network load? I know I could manually do transfers and such, but something more hands off would be nice.