On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 01:02:30PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking for a sure way to know that a server is connected to Internet. > Pinging may be a good way but what server should I ping to have a 100% good > results. If I ping yahoo.com (example), my server will be reported down as > yahoo.com is down (not so common, I admit). Is there a way to have a 100% > sure response ?
Try to traceroute an outer server. If the called server is down, you can still see, that the packets go to the internet. Ferenc Raffael
