I was thinking a heartbeat situation - if heartbeat stops I know something is going on. Wouldn’t need to be off the computer then. Not mission critical of course.
My in-laws have a lot of issues with their devices - usually operator error. However, I have noticed that their cable modem does not seem to be terribly reliable. Having replaced the modem and wi-fi router more than once it is starting to look more like reliability of the service. I was...