need help with ping program

hi,

i need to replicate the ping in command prompt. i'm currently using the following:

Code:

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        Try
            If My.Computer.Network.Ping(mtbIPAddress.Text) Then
                rtbLog.AppendText("Response")
            Else
                rtbLog.AppendText("Reject")
            End If
        Catch ex As Exception
            rtbLog.AppendText("Reject")
        End Try

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but i need to get the same response as the ping in command prompt ie..

Code:

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Pinging www.l.google.com [74.125.71.104] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 74.125.71.104: bytes=32 time=240ms TTL=53
Reply from 74.125.71.104: bytes=32 time=313ms TTL=53
Reply from 74.125.71.104: bytes=32 time=256ms TTL=53
Request timed out.
Reply from 74.125.71.104: bytes=32 time=251ms TTL=53

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how do i get the bytes, time and TTL?

thanks

Try the following code

Code:

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Imports System.Net.NetworkInformation

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Dim Ping As New Ping
        Dim PingOptions As New PingOptions
        PingOptions.Ttl = 64
        Dim PingReply As PingReply = Ping.Send("192.168.1.1", 500)
        If PingReply.Status = IPStatus.Success Then
            MsgBox(PingReply.Options.Ttl)
            MsgBox(PingReply.Buffer.Length)
        End If

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thanks.

just an additional question. i noticed that when i pinged www.google.com it showed me a notification pinging www.l.google.com? where did the www.l.google.com come from?

Read this about it
http://www.google.com/support/forum/...a575181d&hl=en

Check this

http://www.robtex.com/dns/l.google.com.html

Quote:

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Originally Posted by adshocker

thanks.

just an additional question. i noticed that when i pinged www.google.com it showed me a notification pinging www.l.google.com? where did the www.l.google.com come from?

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Why are you pinging Google? (dewayne asks, warming up the soapbox) See my signature.

i was just curious because if in case the user will enter a domain instead of an ip address, which domain should i get the ip address from. getting the ip address is another issue though.

What does what you said have to do with pinging Google? DNS is responsible for getting IP addresses associated with names and names associated with IP addresses.