How can I check internet connection in vb

[Kadir CAMOGLU]

Hi all,
I am writing a program with vb.net which getting some information from
internet. I must check internet connection before some prosess.
But how?

[John Timney \(Microsoft MVP\)]

The WebRequest class throws a WebException when errors occur while accessing
an Internet resource, so just try to connect and trap any erro that arises.

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Regards

John Timney (Microsoft ASP.NET MVP)
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Hi all,
I am writing a program with vb.net which getting some information from
internet. I must check internet connection before some prosess.
But how?

[dtkubal]

just call above ftn which returns true or false


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Private Function IsConnectionAvailable() As Boolean
'Call url
Dim url As New System.Uri("http://www.google.com/")
'Request for request
Dim req As System.Net.WebRequest
req = System.Net.WebRequest.Create(url)
Dim resp As System.Net.WebResponse
Try
resp = req.GetResponse()
resp.Close()
req = Nothing
Return True
Catch ex As Exception
req = Nothing
Return False
End Try
End Function