Can somebody point me in the direction of a program that monitors snr, db etc etc
Depending on your router, Routerstats is what you want:
http://www.vwlowen.co.uk/internet/files.htm
You might like to get Ping Graph while you're there.
Thats the badger. And whats the benefit of the Ping Graph apart from the obvious! :whistle:
The obvious. :)
It can plot continuously, you can save graphs and/or text logs, the latter can include all values, those above the average, or those above a threshold you set. It's really good if you have a ping problem because you can set it going for many hours, and see exactly what happens and when.