Equivalent of "PING"

[gnappi]

I need to detect the presence of a machine on my network every minute or so. At the command line I can simply ping the address, how can I do it in vb.net?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks,

Gary

 

[PlausiblyDamp]

If you are using .Net 2.0 it already has a Ping class you can use.

If you are using an older version then
http://www.computerhelp.forum/showthread.php?t=69870
might be worth a look.

 

[gnappi]

If you are using .Net 2.0 it already has a Ping class you can use.

If you are using an older version then
http://www.computerhelp.forum/showthread.php?t=69870
might be worth a look.

Im using VB.net 2003. I looked and cant find out if .net 2005 is required
to run the 2.0 Framework?

 

[Cags]

Visual Studio 2003 cannot debug application made using the 2.0 Framework. It may help you that Visual Studio 2005 Enterprise Edition is currently free to download from the Microsoft website.