The example use sockets in an unsual way (raw sockets) Socket socket = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Raw, ProtocolType.Icmp);
and the asp.net user ASPNET doesn't have enough rights to do that; You must run the aspnet process using a user with high privilege ( for example SYSTEM :)); You can change the machine.config file; replace the default "machine" username with "SYSTEM" in the "processModel" tag, attribute "userName" Dumitru Sbenghe > -----Original Message----- > From: dotnet discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Frerich Tergast > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 2:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [DOTNET] ping V2 > > > Hi, all, > > I tried to use an example to ping a machine within a webpage and > to display > the roundtrip time. I used the sample at > > http://dotnet247.com/247reference/articles/0/1273.aspx > > from Saurabh but I get an error message: "An attempt was made to access a > socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions". > > Any ideas? > > Cheers > > Frerich > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or > subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
