Checking for internet access

[andu]

Sarah Reichelt wrote:
> 
> Thanks, Andu. That works OK, except that if there is no link, the computer
> looks like it has hung for 45 seconds. It stops completely and can't process
> any pending messages, even the menubar clock stops.
> 
> Is there any way to shorten the timeout interval? The socketTimeOutInterval
> has no effect.

I don't think so, it's the system and it sounds like a Mac.

> 
> Cheers,
> Sarah
> 
> > Sarah Reichelt wrote:
> >>
> >> I thought I had a name :-(
> >>
> >> It may be relevant that I am behind a router which allocates me an IP
> >> address like 192.168.1.x by DHCP. The router uses NAT to translate the
> >> connections single IP address to different addresses on the network. I am
> >> assuming that if I had a direct connection, hostName() would give me an
> >> answer.
> >>
> >> Thanks for trying - I hope someone can come up with an answer.
> >
> > I didn't follow this but you can do a host name to address translation
> > with any host name:
> > get hostnametoaddress("www.runrev.com")
> > if the result is empty then put it
> > else put the result
> >
> >>
> >> Sarah
> >>
> >>> 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..
> >>>
> >>
> >>>> 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.
> >>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> hostNameToAddress(hostname())
> >>>>>
> >>>>> if it's empty, there's no internet connection..
> >>>>>
> >>
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