Test For Internet Connection

[DevGrp]

Someone once asked for help to test for an internet connection. Well here is the code to do it.

private bool IsConnectionAvailable(string url)
{
	bool isConnected = false;

	HttpWebRequest req;
	HttpWebResponse res;
			
	try
	{
		req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
		res = (HttpWebResponse)req.GetResponse();
		req.Abort();
				
		if(res.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
			isConnected = true;
		}
		
                catch(WebException webEx)
                {
			MessageBox.Show(webEx.Message);
			isConnected = false;
		}
		catch(Exception ex)
		{
			MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
			isConnected = false;
		}
		return isConnected;
	}
}