testing for Internet connection

[Ken Ray]

On 12/18/04 1:46 PM, "Richard Gaskin" <ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:

> What is the recommended method of testing for an Internet connection?

Well, this may not be "recommended", but I have this code in my Scripter's
Scrapbook:

function checkNetStatus
  -- hide shell activity from user
  set the hideConsoleWindows to true

  -- ping a host that should always
  -- visible to your computer
  get shell("ping 24.10.72.1 -n 1 -w 200")

  -- isolate the status info
  put lineoffset("% loss",it) into x
  set the itemDelimiter to "="
  get word 1 of last item of line x of it

  -- tell somebody!
  if it <> 1 then
    return "UP"
  else
    return "DOWN"
  end if
end checkNetStatus


Don't know if this will help,


Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com