Internet Programming Techniques

Hey guys.

Could anyone tell me how to ping an IP address and interact with the results directly?

Also, how do I negotiate an IP address of just numbers to the text address (a.k.a. 143.35.125.82 -> [email protected] )?

How could I finger a user directly from VB?

And finally, is it possible to look up a user's public NetBIOS service names in VB? I've seen programs that do this.

If you could answer any of these questions, I'd be greatly appreciative. Thanks in advance.

[Devion]

Ping (and others) are CTCP commands.. I think winsock could handle this easily

object objWinsock (Winsock object)

objWinsock.Senddata "CTCP PING" probably
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Maybe you should check the MSDN or any source code that has pingin' in it.
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[Jop]

Looking for this?
http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/code/network/ping.htm
or this?
http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/code/netwo...namefromip.htm
or
http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/code/network/ipaddress.htm
or
http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/code/netwo...byhostname.htm
or
http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/code/network/iplookup.htm
or, nah it's enough I think

< Jop feels good because he just earned 1000$ for directing trafic to vbNet >

hehe have fun man