>I need to check with VB is some server responding?
>I can use PING command with shell() function.
>I this case I will redirect PING response to file and after will read this file content to determine is server responding to PING.
>
>Is there any more convenient (and more wise) way to solve this problem?
>
>Giedrius
The easiest way would be to use a Ping control.
Mabry has one:
www.mabry.com