To monitor a connection

1. Open Network Connections.
2. Do one of the following:
• To monitor activity for the current session, right-click the connection you want to monitor, and then click Status.
• To automatically enable the status monitor each time the connection is active, right-click the connection, click Properties, and then select the Show icon in taskbar when connected check box.

Notes

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• If your computer is set up to accept incoming connections, a connection with a user name assigned to it appears in the Network Connections folder as each user connects. You can view the progress of incoming connections by right-clicking a named connection, and then clicking Status.
• You can also monitor a connection by clicking Status on the File menu or by clicking the status icon in the taskbar. You can also right-click the taskbar icon and click Status.
• If you want to view the general status (Disconnected, Connected) of all of your connections, on the View menu, click Details.
• You also can disconnect an active connection by clicking Disconnect in the Status dialog box.
• By default, the status monitor is disabled for local area connections, but enabled for all other types of connections.

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