Pinging using ASP.Net

[pepsi]

Using ASP.Net I need to find out if a particular server is
up and running. I know the IP Address and name of the
server. Its something similar to ping command but I need
to have it at the click of a button for some reason. All I
need to know is if the server is running.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Pepsi

 

[John Timney \(Microsoft MVP\)]

try this, shows you how to do it via sockets in a simple web service, from
there its easy to wrap an asp.net page around it

http://www.411asp.net/home/tutorial/howto/networkf/pingfunc

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John Timney (Microsoft ASP.NET MVP)
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[Scott McKinney]

You can import System.Net and do something like this in
the click event of your button:

Dim server As String = "207.46.134.222"

Try
Dim hostInfo As IPHostEntry = Dns.GetHostByAddress(server)
Catch ex As Exception
Response.Write("OFF, host turned off")
End Try