If it's not AIR, just add event listeners for this, usually an IOErrorEvent. If you can listen for SecurityErrorEvent, make sure to do this as well, since depending on what you're loading, this could show up as the event for a connection being down. -Brian
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 4:06 PM, nagaofthesea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Howdy- > > Does anyone know of a way (AS3 or mx:CustomComponent) that tests if > the user's internet connection is live? > > I have an application with error processing that needs to know if an > RPC failed because the user's connection is down... > > Thanks! > Naga > >

