need help with ping program

[adshocker]

hi,

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

        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

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

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

how do i get the bytes, time and TTL?

thanks

[amrita]

Try the following code

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

[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?

[Pc_Not_Mac]

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

[amrita]

Check this

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

[dbasnett]

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?

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

[adshocker]

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.

[dbasnett]

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.