I wonder how much traffic Google gets from these kind of connectivity tests...
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Julio Cesar Ody <[email protected]> wrote: > You *could* use ICMP (popularly known as "ping") and try to reach a > host like google.com, which would be what I think it's the correct > way. That of course means you're also verifying whether you have a DNS > server available. I believe you'll anyway be relying on that for > whatever your need is. > > But as a quickie, this will do > > require 'socket' > begin > TCPSocket.new 'google.com', 80 > rescue SocketError > STDERR.puts "not connected sir" > end > > Replace error handling with whatever you need. > > Ping in Ruby: http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/net-ping/. > > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Joshua Partogi > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm wondering if anyone has ever been in this situation before. I want >> to be able to load files dynamically from the internet, but I need to >> check whether the customer has internet connection or not. Is this >> doable with Ruby? Has anyone done this before? >> >> Many thanks for the insights. >> >> -- >> Certified Scrum Master >> http://blog.scrum8.com | http://jobs.scrum8.com | http://twitter.com/scrum8 >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=. >> >> >> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=.
