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Hello,everyone!

I want to get the status of a remote host using C language, that is whether
there is a hardware network connection between my computer and a remote host
or not. Can somebody tell me how i can do it using VS.NET 2003?

Thanks a lot.
 
DotNetFan said:
I want to get the status of a remote host using C language, that is
whether
there is a hardware network connection between my computer and a remote
host
or not. Can somebody tell me how i can do it using VS.NET 2003?
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Ping it?

If you don't have an IP address check the docs for gethostbyname() or
getaddrinfo(). Then send a ping message to it.

There is sample code to compose and send a ping message in the book "Network
Programming for Microsoft Windows" (MS Press, ISBN:0-7356-1579-9) by Jones
and Ohlund. A quick google seems to imply that a ping example is available
here too (though I did not download the ZIP):

http://www.sockaddr.com/ExampleSourceCode.html

Regards,
Will
 
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