Intel NICs have a driver option (in Windows) that will log link state events to the system log, so if the network drops out periodically you can determine that fact.
Does anyone know of a simple generic solution that does this, in other words one that is not part of the driver from a particular manufacturer?
I know there are plenty of 'big iron' network monitoring tools out there but surely there's something really simple that runs as a service in Windows with minimal setup ?
TIA
Broadcoms come with BACS to manage these things, and I think windows system logs should also log NIC disconnects.