ping within vb

[neoice]

hello,

I have 14 intel access points on site and would like to create a small graphical program that would show me if a device loses its connection.

I thought of pinging all the devices every half hour if the connection is good then the access point name will have a green light and if it is bad a red.

I am just not sure how I would go about acting on the results of a ping command. If the remote host responds then do this and if it times out do that.

any ideas would be much appreciated.

cheers,

neil

 

[DrJavaJoe]

do a search on using the icmp.dll. Actually here's a couple of links.

http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/index.html?code/internet/ping.htm

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300197

 

[hdingman]

ipswitch software makes a product called "WhatsUp Gold" that can do this kind of monitoring. You can monitor directly, create dependencies and a network map, access SNMP data, call pagers and a bunch more.

We set a system at an ISP watching the T3 and T1 backup, and it paged all of us if we lost the line. When the boss called to say, "The line is down" we got so the answer was, "Yes, I know. I'm already in the car on the way to the office."

Not real expensive, and a turnkey solution, unless there's a real reason that you need to brew it yourself...

(no, I don't get commissions, it just worked well for me)

;-)

Howard Dingman
Pro-Tel Communications

webmaster<at>holocom<dot>com

 

[ComputerPerson_imported]

You could run the ping command in a DOS box (using the Shell command) and record the results to a file. As an alternative you could open a connection to the server(s) using Winsock.

 

[neoice]

Thanks guys. your help has been very much appreciated.


neil

 

[bjd4jc]

there is a FAQ in this forum on how to do it with API and icmp.dll

faq222-607

 

[zemp]

There are ping programs posted at

http://www.planetsourcecode.com.

Search for 'ping' and download some to take a look at. One may even already do what you are looking for.

Thanks and Good Luck!

zemp