Yeah. That's a generic response for "check if there's internet connection".
If there's a specific host to be connected to, then +1. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Mark Ryall <[email protected]> wrote: > Wouldn't it be easier and more sensible to attempt what you actually > want to do and handle failures appropriately? > > Whether you can ping google is irrelevant if the remote host you need is down. > > 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=.
