>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>As above: I'm getting .T. when, for example, the connection is trying to use an invalid gateway setting....
>>>>
>>>>>As to the time it takes - didn't you like slow (and erratic) ?
>>>>
>>>>Why do you think I'm back on VFP (g,d&r from VFPers)
>>>
>>>
>>>I have attached a class that allows you to ping using IcmpSendEcho2 : This needs at least windows 2000 in order to use IcmpSendEcho2()
>>>The tabs in there may seem a bit erratic - my tabstop is set to 4
>>>
>>>I have translated the example from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366051(VS.85).aspx
>>>
>>>Want to try ?
>>>
>>>Sample code
>>>

>>>#define true	.T.
>>>#define false	.F.
>>>
>>>set procedure to .\prog\PingBits additive
>>>
>>>local success
>>>success = true
>>>
>>>
>>>local obj
>>>
>>>local replyAddress, ;
>>>		replyStatus, ;
>>>		replyRoundTripTime, ;
>>>		replyDataSize, ;
>>>		replyData
>>>
>>>local pingArray[4]
>>>pingArray[1] = '192.168.0.2'
>>>pingarray[2] = 'www.altavista.com'
>>>pingarray[3] = 'www.levelextreme.com'
>>>
>>>pingarray[4] = 'www.abc.pp.com'
>>>
>>>do case
>>>case !m.success
>>>
>>>case !PingBits_Object(@m.obj)
>>>	assert false
>>>	success = false
>>>
>>>otherwise
>>>	local site, reachable
>>>	
>>>	
>>>	for each site in pingarray
>>>		?m.site, chr(0x09)
>>>		reachable= m.obj.Ping( ;
>>>						m.site, ;
>>>						1000, ;
>>>						@m.replyAddress, ;
>>>						@m.replyStatus, ;
>>>						@m.replyRoundTripTime, ;
>>>						@m.replyDataSize, ;
>>>						@m.replyData ;
>>>						)
>>>		
>>>		if( !m.reachable)
>>>			?? 'Failed'
>>>		
>>>		else
>>>			?? 'ms= ', replyRoundTripTime, 'address = ', replyAddress, ' received: ', m.replyData 
>>>		
>>>		endif
>>>		
>>>	endfor
>>>
>>>endcase
>>>

>>Thank you! - that looks excellent. Won't have time to look at it properly until later (one immediate snag though - I'm on VPF 8 so CTOBIN() doesn't support the flags parameter....)
>
>

>

>
>Oh, I can change that easily - will post a modified version later
>
>And - I use sys(2600) - does vfp 8 support sys(2600) ?

Yep :-} (looks like the same implementation)