[RESOLVED] Ping a client

[totaly]

Hi,

i want to code a Ping feature when people rightclick my listview, problem is, i dunno how or what to do, i done the popupmnu etc.

i realy dunno how to go about pinging a client or to work out the time delay etc, not pinging the gameserver.

can anybody explain to me what i should do.

[DigiRev]

Do you mean a standard ICMP ping? Or a "ping-like" feature in a Winsock app?

[totaly]

ping like feature

[DigiRev]

You're gonna have to give more details.

You want one client to ping another client without going through the server?

Or you want to ping the server?

[totaly]

im capable of sending data from one client to the other, i just not sure what i should do when i recieve a ping request

[DigiRev]

im capable of sending data from one client to the other, i just not sure what i should do when i recieve a ping request

One client could send the "PING" request, and the other could respond with a "PONG" request.

I would do this about 20 times and then get the average number of milliseconds it took for each request.

Not sure how accurate this is as I've never tried it, but I could try & write an example.

[DigiRev]

Here's a quick/rough example.

It's impossible for me to test it correctly because the times are always going to be 0ms because I'm testing it locally.

Over the internet it might actually work. So if you want to test it let me know.

[Al42]

im capable of sending data from one client to the other, i just not sure what i should do when i recieve a ping request

One that your program generates, or are you talking about receiving a standard ICMP PING request?

[totaly]

digirev has already helped me, thread resolved, thnx digirev im gonna try it now

[DigiRev]

digirev has already helped me, thread resolved, thnx digirev im gonna try it now

Hope it works.

I have to go out for a little bit but I'll be back later.

My IP is: 71.207.168.135 on port: 1234

If you want to test it out and see the results. I'll leave the server program running while I'm gone.

[totaly]

i get a average time of -135ms, how long would a lagged person reply be about?