Check internet connection

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daveoffy 0 Newbie Poster

14 Years Ago

I have been trying to check Internet connection but all ways I have tried have failed. Some example code would be great, or the package to use. Thanks very much.

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Narue 5,707 Bad Cop

14 Years Ago

What compiler and OS?

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daveoffy 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 1 · 2010-02-14T22:08:10+00:00

daveoffy 0 Newbie Poster

14 Years Ago

Linux, and it is using gcc to compile it.

daveoffy 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 2 · 2010-02-14T22:39:29+00:00

I got it working. I used if(system(ping -c 1 www.google.com)){ printf("Not Connected"); }

FYI: I couldn't edit the old post, it was past 30 minutes.

Narue 5,707 Bad Cop Team Colleague · Answer 3 · 2010-02-14T22:43:06+00:00

The easiest way is to use a socket to connect to a known stable server. If it succeeds you now know you've got an internet connection. If it fails, you can use error messages or assumptions to determine the status.