>Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 02:06:41 +0200 >From: Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Janne P?nk?l? <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: how can i do this ??? >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i >X-PGP-Fingerprint: 62 45 D1 C9 26 F9 95 06 D6 21 2A C8 8C 16 C0 8E >X-Phone-Number: +30-94-6203692, +30-93-2886457 >X-Address: Theodorou Kirinaiou 61, 26334 Patra, Greece >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-net-outgoing > >On Thu, Feb 03, 2000 at 01:06:47AM +0200, Janne P?nk?l? wrote: >> > I am writing a small linux application and at some point i want to know if >> > the user is hooked to the internet. how can i tell if the user has internet >> > access at the moment ???? >> >> ping the gateway it ought to be always available when connected? > >A definitely "remote" machine would be enough. yahoo.com or some other >search engine pops in mind. > >The "gateway" is rather dubious to define, and on a private lan on >somebody's home the gateway is supposed to always be available. > >-- >Giorgos Keramidas, < keramida @ ceid . upatras . gr > >For my public PGP key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] >PGP fingerprint, phone and address in the headers of this message. >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in >the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
