"Modem Down" Notification

ricede · 05-22-2012, 12:50 AM

Here in India, the Internet provider is notoriously unreliable. The connection drops out a few times a day. When this happens, for some reason the modem does not restart when the line comes back up ( i have changed modems but the problem still persists ). Each time i have to do a hard restart of the modem.

This is very inconvenient for when i am up or down loading files. I tend to run different apps in different spaces, and therefore i am not aware of the break, unless i happen to check the modem running lights or try to open a web page.

Is there any way that i can get a notification on the mac desktop, to let me know when the connection breaks. Is there an application, which would be aware of the modem status, that i could run through Growl maybe ?

It seems a long shot, but anything would help !!! i cant believe that ive been running with this problem for years & have only just posted this question.

Any suggestions would be most gratefully accepted.

NaOH · 05-22-2012, 01:44 AM

I was thinking of a Growl-like approach with GeekTool, but in my testing to make certain I could offer a complete solution I found HardwareGrowler, an inexpensive option from the Mac App Store that looks like it will do what you want.

ricede · 05-22-2012, 02:23 AM

NoAH you are a star

I am running 10.6.8 and had growl 1.2.2 installed already.
Went to the Extras folder & there was HardwareGrowler ready to install. ( i never looked at it before !! )
Thanks so much - you've made my day.

NaOH · 05-22-2012, 02:37 AM

Proper credit goes to the last two commenters in this hint from the main site. Glad it worked out for you.

05-22-2012, 12:50 AM	#1
ricede All Star Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 529	"Modem Down" Notification Here in India, the Internet provider is notoriously unreliable. The connection drops out a few times a day. When this happens, for some reason the modem does not restart when the line comes back up ( i have changed modems but the problem still persists ). Each time i have to do a hard restart of the modem. This is very inconvenient for when i am up or down loading files. I tend to run different apps in different spaces, and therefore i am not aware of the break, unless i happen to check the modem running lights or try to open a web page. Is there any way that i can get a notification on the mac desktop, to let me know when the connection breaks. Is there an application, which would be aware of the modem status, that i could run through Growl maybe ? It seems a long shot, but anything would help !!! i cant believe that ive been running with this problem for years & have only just posted this question. Any suggestions would be most gratefully accepted.

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05-22-2012, 01:44 AM	#2
NaOH Hall of Famer Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,649	I was thinking of a Growl-like approach with GeekTool, but in my testing to make certain I could offer a complete solution I found HardwareGrowler, an inexpensive option from the Mac App Store that looks like it will do what you want.

05-22-2012, 02:23 AM	#3
ricede All Star Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 529	NoAH you are a star I am running 10.6.8 and had growl 1.2.2 installed already. Went to the Extras folder & there was HardwareGrowler ready to install. ( i never looked at it before !! ) Thanks so much - you've made my day.

05-22-2012, 02:37 AM	#4
NaOH Hall of Famer Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,649	Proper credit goes to the last two commenters in this hint from the main site. Glad it worked out for you.