Kim Madsen wrote on 23/12/2009 17:01:
Okay, explanation excepted, E-mails can easily be misunderstood :-) May
you have a merry Christmas (grab another cup of choco, just in case ;-))
correction: accepted
Now _I'M_ gonna get a cup of chocolate :-)
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Kind regards
Kim Emax - masterminds.dk
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Bob McConnell wrote on 23/12/2009 15:55:
> The problem arises when too many of the relevant parts are also removed,
> which happened far too often on this thread as well as others. When the
> core context is not retained, the conversation drifts and quickly
> becomes useless to either the early p
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 14:35, Bob McConnell wrote:
> I don't keep copies of every message in any of the
> dozens of mailing lists and news groups I follow, so there is no simple
> way to go back through the conversation to figure out where it all came
> from.
Fortunately, other people keep compl
From: Kim Madsen
> Bob McConnell wrote on 23/12/2009 14:35:
>> From: Andy Shellam
>>
And I was pointing out that this would not be a valid
test when there is a caching DNS on the LAN.
>>
>>> I also pointed out how to avoid caching issues - the
>>> comment was aimed at the author of the
Hi Bob
Bob McConnell wrote on 23/12/2009 14:35:
From: Andy Shellam
And I was pointing out that this would not be a valid
test when there is a caching DNS on the LAN.
I also pointed out how to avoid caching issues - the
comment was aimed at the author of the message before mine.
Too much o
From: Andy Shellam
>> And I was pointing out that this would not be a valid
>> test when there is a caching DNS on the LAN.
> I also pointed out how to avoid caching issues - the
> comment was aimed at the author of the message before mine.
>
>> Too much of the conversation and most of the attri
>
> And I was pointing out that this would not be a valid test when there is
> a caching DNS on the LAN.
I also pointed out how to avoid caching issues - the comment was aimed at the
author of the message before mine.
>
> Too much of the conversation and most of the attribution was stripped
>
From: Andy Shellam
>>
>> I'm confused... what's the problem with just trying to hit
>> the update server? If you can then you check for updates, if
>> not then you, erm, don't. Simples, no?
>
> True, I think I said this same thing in a previous post - I
> suggested the DNS option if all the OP wa
>
> I'm confused... what's the problem with just trying to hit the update server?
> If you can then you check for updates, if not then you, erm, don't. Simples,
> no?
True, I think I said this same thing in a previous post - I suggested the DNS
option if all the OP wanted to do was check if a
Bob McConnell wrote on 21/12/2009 15:05:
Both at home and at work there are caching DNS on the LAN. So a DNS
request may come back with a valid IP address when the WAN connection is
down. I still won't be able to connect to the remote site.
Then use fopen() to read a page you know exists?
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On Tue, 2009-12-22 at 08:27 -0500, Bob McConnell wrote:
> From: Andy Shellam
>
> >>
> >> Both at home and at work there are caching DNS on the LAN. So a DNS
> >> request may come back with a valid IP address when the WAN connection
> is
> >> down. I still won't be able to connect to the remote s
From: Andy Shellam
>>
>> Both at home and at work there are caching DNS on the LAN. So a DNS
>> request may come back with a valid IP address when the WAN connection
is
>> down. I still won't be able to connect to the remote site.
>
> Dig an external server - e.g. dig @a.root-servers.net google.
On 21 Dec 2009, at 19:40, Andy Shellam wrote:
>>
>> Both at home and at work there are caching DNS on the LAN. So a DNS
>> request may come back with a valid IP address when the WAN connection is
>> down. I still won't be able to connect to the remote site.
>
> Dig an external server - e.g. dig
>
> Both at home and at work there are caching DNS on the LAN. So a DNS
> request may come back with a valid IP address when the WAN connection is
> down. I still won't be able to connect to the remote site.
Dig an external server - e.g. dig @a.root-servers.net google.co.uk
If your net is down t
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 19:13, Angus Mann wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I'w writing a PHP app that is designed to run over a LAN, so internet
> connection for the server is not really essential. Some users may
> deliberately not connect it to the internet as a security precaution.
>
> But I'd like the app
From: Andy Shellam
>> By attempting to connect you will implicitly query DNS (which itself
>> is a connection to server).
>
> No it's not - it's putting out a packet targeted at an IP address
> and hoping a server will answer - hence why multi-cast works for
> DNS because you're not directly co
> By attempting to connect you will implicitly query DNS (which itself
> is a connection to server).
No it's not - it's putting out a packet targeted at an IP address and hoping a
server will answer - hence why multi-cast works for DNS because you're not
directly connecting to a specified ser
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 2:32 AM, Andy Shellam wrote:
>>
>> I think the only way to detect if it can connect to the Internet is to
>> see if you can grab a file from somewhere on the Internet. I'd hazard a
>> guess that when operating systems are able to tell you they can "connect
>> to the Interne
>
> I think the only way to detect if it can connect to the Internet is to
> see if you can grab a file from somewhere on the Internet. I'd hazard a
> guess that when operating systems are able to tell you they can "connect
> to the Internet" they are actually saying they can ping a predetermined
The next way to handle this might be to code an AIR app. Then it's a
simple js trap to see if connectivity exists.
Bastien
Sent from my iPod
On Dec 19, 2009, at 7:13 PM, "Angus Mann" wrote:
Hi all.
I'w writing a PHP app that is designed to run over a LAN, so
internet connection for the
Curl_init() will return a resource or false if it fails, like it would
if no Internet connection were present.
J Corry
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 19, 2009, at 5:36 PM, "Angus Mann" wrote:
Why can't you put the update on the same LAN server that the app
resides?
If that is not possible,
On Sun, 2009-12-20 at 10:36 +1000, Angus Mann wrote:
> Why can't you put the update on the same LAN server that the app resides?
>
> If that is not possible, what about using CURL, and update if it can connect
> successfully, but don't if it cannot?
>
> Thanks,
> Ash
> http://
Why can't you put the update on the same LAN server that the app resides?
If that is not possible, what about using CURL, and update if it can connect
successfully, but don't if it cannot?
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
Since the LAN is remote (many hundred
On Sun, 2009-12-20 at 10:13 +1000, Angus Mann wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I'w writing a PHP app that is designed to run over a LAN, so internet
> connection for the server is not really essential. Some users may
> deliberately not connect it to the internet as a security precaution.
>
> But I'd like
On Wed, July 20, 2005 12:49 am, Steven said:
> I am looking for a simple way to check if the server is connected to the
> Internet, they use a dialup to get Internet connection, and I need to
> email reports out, but want to check to see if the user remembered to
> connect to the Internet first. I
Assuming they connect to check their email every now and then, you do
realize people will still receive your email regardless of whether their
connection is up or not?
The emails reside on the email server until the user retrieves them.
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