Check is coputer online/live

[Michi Albatross]

Hy.
I need to check:
- is the target machine online.
How can i do it?

if machine_is_online =true then
online = yes
else
online = no
end iF

thanks

 

[Crouchie1998]

Ping it:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828993

Another way if its a web server is to use the Process.Start method:

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(http://www.yourwebpagehere.com)

If you get a 404 page error or a time out then the site is probably down,
otherwise its ok. Me personally would use ping first, which you could just
use ping directly from the command prompt instead of creating the ping
utility above

Crouchie1998
BA (HONS) MCP MCSE