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Periodic Internet disconnections - related to program activity?
Every so often (once or twice in a 24 hour period), my internet completely disconnects. It drops me from IRC, torrents, Steam, any browsing I'm doing, and so on. This seems to happen only on this computer (I have another computer and an Xbox 360 on the same wireless network, and neither of them drop when my computer drops.
This, alongside the consistent HDD activity light (and sound) that appears during these disconnections, leads me to believe that there is a program on my computer causing these disconnections. I'm reasonably certain that I am virus free and a "legitimate" program is causing, as I run regular scans using both Microsoft Security Essentials and Trend Micro HouseCall.
However, I'm still stumped: I have no idea what program could be causing this and I have no idea to figure out how to deduce this. Can somebody recommend me some monitoring tools that I can use to see what programs are active when these disconnections occur? I have tried going to Resource Monitor but it never ever seems to open fast enough to display what is going on during the disconnections, so I need something that provides logging functionality. Can anyone suggest free monitoring tools I can use to clear up this mystery?