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>Aside from the messages that might come back that don't include 'timeout', like destination host unreachable, it involves running an external app, and really doesn't give you the details on what state your IP connection is in; more of a problem for people not using DUN to reach the Internet, going through a proxy of some sort. You can make the same test using WInsock and get a whole lot more internal functionality.
>>Wayne

Can you give me some example of how to do it with Winsock? I may need it some day.
I have worked with the wininet.dll to connect users to our corporate LAN through DUN and the Internet, but not winsock.

Wayne