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Re: Checking for internet connection?

Subject: Re: Checking for internet connection?
From: Howard Jones <email@hidden>
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 09:50:23 +0100

Ben Dougall wrote:

Unfortunately it's all for 10.3 and above. I need it to work on 10.2. Oh well, AppleScript + Internet Connect app it'll have to be, or ping Amazon.com repeatedly to see if it's connected.

Couldn't you query something against one/some of the root DNS servers? Those pretty much must be up, and it also shows that you are connected to the big-I Internet and not just some IP network. You may be able to ping them, but I would guess that's not guaranteed, whereas a DNS query is their real job. Same with Amazon - they don't have to answer your pings, but they do have to answer your HTTP request - try a HTTP HEAD or something small like that instead. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Cocoa-dev mailing list (email@hidden) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: This email sent to email@hidden References: >Re: Checking for internet connection? (From: Ben Dougall <email@hidden>) Prev by Date: Re: NSFont and determining the advancement of a given string Next by Date: Re: How to load data from NSDictionary to NSTableView? Previous by thread: Re: Checking for internet connection? Next by thread: Re: Checking for internet connection? Index(es): Date Thread