a *fast* check for whether another machine is on the local network?

[Dr. Hawkins]

Is there a *fast* way to see if another machine is currently on the
local network, by name (somemachine.local) or otherwise, from within
livecode?

There's always sending a message and waiting for it to hang, but I'd
like something that happens quickly.

-- 
Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq.
(702) 508-8462