Internet connection monitor

[super gnu]

Due to room layout, i have to use wifi to connect my workstation. Ive tested against wired, and speed wise i dont get a noticeable difference. However occasionally ill come back to my machine, which has been rendering, and either wifi is disconnected, or its connected, but says "no internet"

Its quite a rare occurence. However today, i went out for the first time in ages, left an image 80% done, saving to dropbox for client. Got a message while out, that file didnt arrive, tried to connect to my pc remotely, it was offline. Client had to wait till i got home, wifi was connected, but no internet. Re-connected wifi, file was sent.

There must be an app of some kind which regularly pings a few reliable websites, and if none reply, restarts the wifi? Ive tried to find something, but my google-fu is letting me down.

Alternatively something which does a similar thing, but switches to a 4g dongle if internet is down..?

[rusteberg]

I just spent the better part of the day troubleshooting my internet.... Wifi kept saying on but no connection at all. Same with hard wire ethernet. It was a rare occurrence for me as well happening periodically. Would sometimes drop then come back on or I would have to manually restart the modem... After tech call with service provider that tried to diagnose and work their magic I had to go in and exchange the modem for a new one, which as of the past couple hours has been working.