Andy Fuchs wrote:
> Imagine my webbrowser contacted a server via Bonjour (ZeroConfig). So I know
> already the IP-Address of the server, but I don't know if port 80 is open.
> (btw. I don't care if a Firewall is running to block Ping, because in that
> case there's a reason for it and the server doesn't want to be my friend
> ;-)). 
>
> So I want to distinguish between a state where the server maybe there, but
> HTTP-services are not.
>
> But the *general* question was more towards:
> - Is there a mechanism in Qooxdoo/Javascript that allows 'Ping'?
>   

XHR via qx.io.remote.Request (given that your understanding of "Ping" is 
"try a connection and see if it succeeds").

> - Is there some class in the Framework already prepared for polling after
> the server, or do I have to write my own class' (I guess the latter ;-))
>   

The latter :-).

T.

> andy
>
>
>
> On 05.03.09 11:16, "Jean-Baptiste BRIAUD -- Novlog" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>   
>> but what if firewall is configured to give no answer to ping ?
>>
>> Could you give us more precisions on the context, why you want to do
>> that ?
>>
>> If it is your network, make sure servers all open port 80 for eg and
>> HTTP GET is your friend :-)
>> Beware that will only ensure web server is running. Your web server
>> may be down or crashed while your server is running perfectly fine.
>>
>>
>> On 5 Mar 2009, at 11:06, Andy Fuchs wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> I was just wondering if there isn't a built-in 'poll' or 'ping'
>>> mechanism in
>>> Qooxdoo. A search on the Qooxdoo portal resulted in nothing...
>>>
>>> Why? If a server disappears, I just want to 'ping' it to see when
>>> it's back.
>>> I'm not too familiar with these kind of things in Javascript, so any
>>> hint
>>> would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Do I just use a HTTPGet? And what if port 80 is not open?
>>>
>>> andy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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