Any way to get a ping reply programmatically?

[Rico]

Hello,

Is there a way to get a ping return in Access / VB? I'd like to be able to
quickly tell if a local machine OR a website exists? Most of the hits I get
on google are with regard to using Access as a back end for websites. Any
direction would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[pietlinden]

Rico,

there's code at VBNet to do this.

http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/internet/ping.htm

When I used it, I compared the return to whatever success was defined
as.

then you can just write the results to a table. (Essentially, open an
updateable recordset of IP addresses, then pass the IP address to the
Ping function and then write the result back to the table.

[Rico]

Thanks, that code works very well, but I don't always know the IP Address
that will be queried. I do know the server name though and the IP Address
may change. Have you ever used any code that would query a DNS server or be
able to extract the IP Address from the FQDN?

<pi********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Rico,

there's code at VBNet to do this.

http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/internet/ping.htm

When I used it, I compared the return to whatever success was defined
as.

then you can just write the results to a table. (Essentially, open an
updateable recordset of IP addresses, then pass the IP address to the
Ping function and then write the result back to the table.

[Rico]

Ah! Never mind, found what I'm looking for. Thanks!

"Rico" <[e-mail]> wrote in message news:lg96g.114100$P01.26771@pd7tw3no...

Thanks, that code works very well, but I don't always know the IP Address
that will be queried. I do know the server name though and the IP Address
may change. Have you ever used any code that would query a DNS server or
be able to extract the IP Address from the FQDN?

<pi********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:11**********************@v46g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com...

Rico,

there's code at VBNet to do this.

http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/internet/ping.htm

When I used it, I compared the return to whatever success was defined
as.

then you can just write the results to a table. (Essentially, open an
updateable recordset of IP addresses, then pass the IP address to the
Ping function and then write the result back to the table.