Windows drivers report connection/disconnection states to Windows through the NDIS APIs. Generally that all depends on whether or not power is applied to the RJ45 jack.
It has only been within the Vista and Windows 7 timeframe that Windows actively checks for the Internet connection periodically. ----- Rom -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 12:22 PM To: Jim Preston Cc: BOINC Developers Mailing List; [email protected] Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] monitoring network usage All my machines are using DHCP, so I am uncertain. jm7 Jim Preston <jimli...@commspe ed.net> To Sent by: [email protected] <boinc_dev-bounce cc [email protected] BOINC Developers Mailing List u> <[email protected]> Subject Re: [boinc_dev] monitoring network 02/23/2010 12:16 usage PM Does Windows know about it because of loss/change of IP Address? i.e. is your Windows system using DHCP? Or is it actually monitoring traffic to your router and deciding that no traffic is occurring / packets are being lost? Thanks, Jim -------- Jim Preston BOINC Support Volunteer [email protected] SKYPE jhparizona-boinc On Feb 23, 2010, at 8:19 AM, [email protected] wrote: > If my connection to the LAN from Windows goes down, Windows knows > about it. > If the connection from the router to the internet goes down, Windows > has no > clue. > > jm7 > > _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address. _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address. _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
