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    Laptop connected to wifi

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by sergiu9494, Dec 29, 2014.

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    I have my laptop connected to wifi all the time, but I turn off the laptop almost all the time when I stop using it, so my question comes now, how can I see for how much time is my laptop connected to wifi?
    Does anyone knows how to see this cuz I couldn't find anything on google? :(
     
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    What operating system are you using? W7, W8, Linux, OSX?
     
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    Win 8.1 april version.
     
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    To check per session: right-click on wifi signal bar on lower right taskbar>> Open Network and Sharing Center>> Change Adapter Settings (you won't change anything so do not worry)>> Right-click on your Wifi adapter>> Status. This should bring up a small box that includes 'Duration.'

    'Duration' is the time when you first started your laptop (and when your wifi connected) to the present time.
     
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    I disconnect and connect again to wifi to see, and the timer continues to increase from where he stopped when I pressed dissconnect.
     
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    If you have another wifi network try logging into that and seeing if the timer starts from zero for that network. I cannot try as I only have one wifi source at my apartment. If you want to know your actual connection times to a specific router at any point during a session you may have to keep mind of the time or use some type of command line input to find out. Unfortunately networking is not my forte so I would keep checking back for an answer. I am now intrigued by this and would like to know as well!
     
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    I have just one too.
     
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