Pinging an IP address

Hi,

I need to know how to ping an IP address and get the time of the ping into a textbox. I play alot of online games, and I need to know how to do that for my program. I've tried several things but have all failed.
Any Ideas?

Thanks, Stephen

Here is how to ping an IP Address:

Code:

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'1) Place a command button on the form and place this code in the Click event
  Dim ECHO As ICMP_ECHO_REPLY
  Dim pos As Integer

  'ping an ip address, passing the
  'address and the ECHO structure
  Call Ping("209.48.177.35", ECHO)

  'display the results from the ECHO structure
  Form1.Print GetStatusCode(ECHO.status)
  Form1.Print ECHO.Address
  Form1.Print ECHO.RoundTripTime & " ms"
  Form1.Print ECHO.DataSize & " bytes"

  If Left$(ECHO.Data, 1) <> Chr$(0) Then
      pos = InStr(ECHO.Data, Chr$(0))
      Form1.Print Left$(ECHO.Data, pos - 1)
  End If

  Form1.Print ECHO.DataPointer

'2) Add a .BAS module and paste this code in that module
'3) Click the command button
Option Explicit

Public Const IP_STATUS_BASE = 11000
Public Const IP_SUCCESS = 0
Public Const IP_BUF_TOO_SMALL = (11000 + 1)
Public Const IP_DEST_NET_UNREACHABLE = (11000 + 2)
Public Const IP_DEST_HOST_UNREACHABLE = (11000 + 3)
Public Const IP_DEST_PROT_UNREACHABLE = (11000 + 4)
Public Const IP_DEST_PORT_UNREACHABLE = (11000 + 5)
Public Const IP_NO_RESOURCES = (11000 + 6)
Public Const IP_BAD_OPTION = (11000 + 7)
Public Const IP_HW_ERROR = (11000 + 8)
Public Const IP_PACKET_TOO_BIG = (11000 + 9)
Public Const IP_REQ_TIMED_OUT = (11000 + 10)
Public Const IP_BAD_REQ = (11000 + 11)
Public Const IP_BAD_ROUTE = (11000 + 12)
Public Const IP_TTL_EXPIRED_TRANSIT = (11000 + 13)
Public Const IP_TTL_EXPIRED_REASSEM = (11000 + 14)
Public Const IP_PARAM_PROBLEM = (11000 + 15)
Public Const IP_SOURCE_QUENCH = (11000 + 16)
Public Const IP_OPTION_TOO_BIG = (11000 + 17)
Public Const IP_BAD_DESTINATION = (11000 + 18)
Public Const IP_ADDR_DELETED = (11000 + 19)
Public Const IP_SPEC_MTU_CHANGE = (11000 + 20)
Public Const IP_MTU_CHANGE = (11000 + 21)
Public Const IP_UNLOAD = (11000 + 22)
Public Const IP_ADDR_ADDED = (11000 + 23)
Public Const IP_GENERAL_FAILURE = (11000 + 50)
Public Const MAX_IP_STATUS = 11000 + 50
Public Const IP_PENDING = (11000 + 255)
Public Const PING_TIMEOUT = 200
Public Const WS_VERSION_REQD = &H101
Public Const WS_VERSION_MAJOR = WS_VERSION_REQD \ &H100 And &HFF&
Public Const WS_VERSION_MINOR = WS_VERSION_REQD And &HFF&
Public Const MIN_SOCKETS_REQD = 1
Public Const SOCKET_ERROR = -1

Public Const MAX_WSADescription = 256
Public Const MAX_WSASYSStatus = 128

Public Type ICMP_OPTIONS
    Ttl            As Byte
    Tos            As Byte
    Flags          As Byte
    OptionsSize    As Byte
    OptionsData    As Long
End Type

Dim ICMPOPT As ICMP_OPTIONS

Public Type ICMP_ECHO_REPLY
    Address        As Long
    status          As Long
    RoundTripTime  As Long
    DataSize        As Integer
    Reserved        As Integer
    DataPointer    As Long
    Options        As ICMP_OPTIONS
    Data            As String * 250
End Type

Public Type HOSTENT
    hName As Long
    hAliases As Long
    hAddrType As Integer
    hLen As Integer
    hAddrList As Long
End Type

Public Type WSADATA
    wVersion As Integer
    wHighVersion As Integer
    szDescription(0 To MAX_WSADescription) As Byte
    szSystemStatus(0 To MAX_WSASYSStatus) As Byte
    wMaxSockets As Integer
    wMaxUDPDG As Integer
    dwVendorInfo As Long
End Type


Public Declare Function IcmpCreateFile Lib "icmp.dll" () As Long

Public Declare Function IcmpCloseHandle Lib "icmp.dll" _
  (ByVal IcmpHandle As Long) As Long

Public Declare Function IcmpSendEcho Lib "icmp.dll" _
  (ByVal IcmpHandle As Long, _
    ByVal DestinationAddress As Long, _
    ByVal RequestData As String, _
    ByVal RequestSize As Integer, _
    ByVal RequestOptions As Long, _
    ReplyBuffer As ICMP_ECHO_REPLY, _
    ByVal ReplySize As Long, _
    ByVal Timeout As Long) As Long

Public Declare Function WSAGetLastError Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" () As Long

Public Declare Function WSAStartup Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" _
  (ByVal wVersionRequired As Long, _
    lpWSADATA As WSADATA) As Long

Public Declare Function WSACleanup Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" () As Long

Public Declare Function gethostname Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" _
  (ByVal szHost As String, _
    ByVal dwHostLen As Long) As Long

Public Declare Function gethostbyname Lib "WSOCK32.DLL" _
  (ByVal szHost As String) As Long

Public Declare Sub RtlMoveMemory Lib "kernel32" _
  (hpvDest As Any, _
    ByVal hpvSource As Long, _
    ByVal cbCopy As Long)


Public Function GetStatusCode(status As Long) As String

  Dim msg As String

  Select Case status
      Case IP_SUCCESS:              msg = "ip success"
      Case IP_BUF_TOO_SMALL:        msg = "ip buf too_small"
      Case IP_DEST_NET_UNREACHABLE:  msg = "ip dest net unreachable"
      Case IP_DEST_HOST_UNREACHABLE: msg = "ip dest host unreachable"
      Case IP_DEST_PROT_UNREACHABLE: msg = "ip dest prot unreachable"
      Case IP_DEST_PORT_UNREACHABLE: msg = "ip dest port unreachable"
      Case IP_NO_RESOURCES:          msg = "ip no resources"
      Case IP_BAD_OPTION:            msg = "ip bad option"
      Case IP_HW_ERROR:              msg = "ip hw_error"
      Case IP_PACKET_TOO_BIG:        msg = "ip packet too_big"
      Case IP_REQ_TIMED_OUT:        msg = "ip req timed out"
      Case IP_BAD_REQ:              msg = "ip bad req"
      Case IP_BAD_ROUTE:            msg = "ip bad route"
      Case IP_TTL_EXPIRED_TRANSIT:  msg = "ip ttl expired transit"
      Case IP_TTL_EXPIRED_REASSEM:  msg = "ip ttl expired reassem"
      Case IP_PARAM_PROBLEM:        msg = "ip param_problem"
      Case IP_SOURCE_QUENCH:        msg = "ip source quench"
      Case IP_OPTION_TOO_BIG:        msg = "ip option too_big"
      Case IP_BAD_DESTINATION:      msg = "ip bad destination"
      Case IP_ADDR_DELETED:          msg = "ip addr deleted"
      Case IP_SPEC_MTU_CHANGE:      msg = "ip spec mtu change"
      Case IP_MTU_CHANGE:            msg = "ip mtu_change"
      Case IP_UNLOAD:                msg = "ip unload"
      Case IP_ADDR_ADDED:            msg = "ip addr added"
      Case IP_GENERAL_FAILURE:      msg = "ip general failure"
      Case IP_PENDING:              msg = "ip pending"
      Case PING_TIMEOUT:            msg = "ping timeout"
      Case Else:                    msg = "unknown  msg returned"
  End Select

  GetStatusCode = CStr(status) & "  [ " & msg & " ]"

End Function


Public Function HiByte(ByVal wParam As Integer)

    HiByte = wParam \ &H100 And &HFF&

End Function


Public Function LoByte(ByVal wParam As Integer)

    LoByte = wParam And &HFF&

End Function


Public Function Ping(szAddress As String, ECHO As ICMP_ECHO_REPLY) As Long

  Dim hPort As Long
  Dim dwAddress As Long
  Dim sDataToSend As String
  Dim iOpt As Long

  sDataToSend = "Echo This"
  dwAddress = AddressStringToLong(szAddress)

  Call SocketsInitialize
  hPort = IcmpCreateFile()

  If IcmpSendEcho(hPort, _
                  dwAddress, _
                  sDataToSend, _
                  Len(sDataToSend), _
                  0, _
                  ECHO, _
                  Len(ECHO), _
                  PING_TIMEOUT) Then

        'the ping succeeded,
        '.Status will be 0
        '.RoundTripTime is the time in ms for
        '              the ping to complete,
        '.Data is the data returned (NULL terminated)
        '.Address is the Ip address that actually replied
        '.DataSize is the size of the string in .Data
        Ping = ECHO.RoundTripTime
  Else: Ping = ECHO.status * -1
  End If

  Call IcmpCloseHandle(hPort)
  Call SocketsCleanup

End Function


Function AddressStringToLong(ByVal tmp As String) As Long

  Dim i As Integer
  Dim parts(1 To 4) As String

  i = 0

  'we have to extract each part of the
  '123.456.789.123 string, delimited by
  'a period
  While InStr(tmp, ".") > 0
      i = i + 1
      parts(i) = Mid(tmp, 1, InStr(tmp, ".") - 1)
      tmp = Mid(tmp, InStr(tmp, ".") + 1)
  Wend

  i = i + 1
  parts(i) = tmp

  If i <> 4 Then
      AddressStringToLong = 0
      Exit Function
  End If

  'build the long value out of the
  'hex of the extracted strings
  AddressStringToLong = Val("&H" & Right("00" & Hex(parts(4)), 2) & _
                        Right("00" & Hex(parts(3)), 2) & _
                        Right("00" & Hex(parts(2)), 2) & _
                        Right("00" & Hex(parts(1)), 2))

End Function


Public Function SocketsCleanup() As Boolean

    Dim X As Long

    X = WSACleanup()

    If X <> 0 Then
        MsgBox "Windows Sockets error " & Trim$(Str$(X)) & _
              " occurred in Cleanup.", vbExclamation
        SocketsCleanup = False
    Else
        SocketsCleanup = True
    End If

End Function


Public Function SocketsInitialize() As Boolean

    Dim WSAD As WSADATA
    Dim X As Integer
    Dim szLoByte As String, szHiByte As String, szBuf As String

    X = WSAStartup(WS_VERSION_REQD, WSAD)

    If X <> 0 Then
        MsgBox "Windows Sockets for 32 bit Windows " & _
              "environments is not successfully responding."
        SocketsInitialize = False
        Exit Function
    End If

    If LoByte(WSAD.wVersion) < WS_VERSION_MAJOR Or _
      (LoByte(WSAD.wVersion) = WS_VERSION_MAJOR And _
        HiByte(WSAD.wVersion) < WS_VERSION_MINOR) Then

        szHiByte = Trim$(Str$(HiByte(WSAD.wVersion)))
        szLoByte = Trim$(Str$(LoByte(WSAD.wVersion)))
        szBuf = "Windows Sockets Version " & szLoByte & "." & szHiByte
        szBuf = szBuf & " is not supported by Windows " & _
                          "Sockets for 32 bit Windows environments."
        MsgBox szBuf, vbExclamation
        SocketsInitialize = False
        Exit Function

    End If

    If WSAD.wMaxSockets < MIN_SOCKETS_REQD Then
        szBuf = "This application requires a minimum of " & _
                Trim$(Str$(MIN_SOCKETS_REQD)) & " supported sockets."
        MsgBox szBuf, vbExclamation
        SocketsInitialize = False
        Exit Function
    End If

    SocketsInitialize = True

End Function

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Thanks for the reply, but when I pasted it into the .bas I got some errors for some reason.

The following is what I had problems with in the .bas

Code:

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Public Const IP_STATUS_BASE =  1100 0
Public Const IP_SUCCESS = 0
Public Const IP_BUF_TOO_SMALL = ( 1100 0 + 1)
Public Const IP_DEST_NET_UNREACHABLE = ( 1100 0 + 2)
Public Const IP_DEST_HOST_UNREACHABLE = ( 1100 0 + 3)
Public Const IP_DEST_PROT_UNREACHABLE = ( 1100 0 + 4)
Public Const IP_DEST_PORT_UNREACHABLE = ( 1100 0 + 5)
Public Const IP_NO_RESOURCES = ( 1100 0 + 6)
Public Const IP_BAD_OPTION = ( 1100 0 + 7)
Public Const IP_HW_ERROR = ( 1100 0 + 8)
Public Const IP_PACKET_TOO_BIG = ( 1100 0 + 9)
Public Const IP_REQ_TIMED_OUT = ( 1100 0 + 10)
Public Const IP_BAD_REQ = ( 1100 0 + 11)
Public Const IP_BAD_ROUTE = ( 1100 0 + 12)
Public Const IP_TTL_EXPIRED_TRANSIT = ( 1100 0 + 13)
Public Const IP_TTL_EXPIRED_REASSEM = ( 1100 0 + 14)
Public Const IP_PARAM_PROBLEM = ( 1100 0 + 15)
Public Const IP_SOURCE_QUENCH = ( 1100 0 + 16)
Public Const IP_OPTION_TOO_BIG = ( 1100 0 + 17)
Public Const IP_BAD_DESTINATION = ( 1100 0 + 18)
Public Const IP_ADDR_DELETED = ( 1100 0 + 19)
Public Const IP_SPEC_MTU_CHANGE = ( 1100 0 + 20)
Public Const IP_MTU_CHANGE = ( 1100 0 + 21)
Public Const IP_UNLOAD = ( 1100 0 + 22)
Public Const IP_ADDR_ADDED = ( 1100 0 + 23)
Public Const IP_GENERAL_FAILURE = ( 1100 0 + 50)
Public Const MAX_IP_STATUS =  1100 0 + 50
Public Const IP_PENDING = ( 1100 0 + 255)
Public Const PING_TIMEOUT = 200
Public Const WS_VERSION_REQD = &H101
Public Const WS_VERSION_MAJOR = WS_VERSION_REQD \ & H100 And &HFF&

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All but two or three of those lines were 'red' when i pasted it.

Do you possibly know why?

The 0's are messed up.
It's a bug in Vb-World.

Example:

Code:

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100000

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I will email the code to you instead.

Code messes up, see? In some cases, the 0's skip.

[Edited by Matthew Gates on 08-12-2000 at 10:22 PM]

Ok, thanks alot. I appreciate it. :)

Ok, I got it and it works. What i'm having trouble with is getting it to read an IP from a textbox and 'only' print out the round trip time into a second text box.

Sorry if i'm nagging, but I'm still learning. =)

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks again, Stephen

Try changing Form1.Print to:

Code:

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  Text2.text = GetStatusCode(ECHO.status)
  Text2.text = ECHO.Address
  Text2.text = ECHO.RoundTripTime & " ms"
  Text2.text = ECHO.DataSize & " bytes"

  If Left$(ECHO.Data, 1) <> Chr$(0) Then
      pos = InStr(ECHO.Data, Chr$(0))
      Text2.text = Left$(ECHO.Data, pos - 1)
  End If

  Text2.text = ECHO.DataPointer

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And just make text1 the place for entering the IP Address.