Checking for internet access

[Shao Sean]

that probably means you have no "name".. obviously this works fine for me,
but that doesn't help you ;-)  i'll keep looking into this for you, if
anyone else has any ideas please share..

----- Original Message -----
> This doesn't work for me. After a long delay (long enough to think the
> computer has hung), it returns empty even though I am definitely connected
> at the moment. hostName() by itself is the same.