On Jun 2, 2011, at 6:04 AM, Jim Adams <[email protected]> wrote: > In a recent app I wrote I used the Reachability API but then when attempting > to log on to my host I pinged 5 tries at the same time as attempting to log > on. My thinking was that I could either wait the very long time for the logon > attempt to time out or I could decide after 5 failed ping attempts that the > host was down.
Why? Just try to connect. If it fails, put up an error. Why does everyone insist on using roundabout ways to detect if maybe a host will accept connections on a completely unrelated port? --Kyle Sluder_______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
