>I have mistakenly been using this to determine if there is a current internet connection.

This is how I test:

Declare Integer InternetCheckConnection in Wininet.dll String Url, Long dwFlags, Long Reserved
If InternetCheckConnection(lcURL, 1, 0) = 0
	MessageBox("Not connected to the internet.", 16)
EndIf

If you're checking for a connection so you can call a web service or some other kind of HTTP functionality, you can pass that specific URL as lcURL.