>THis is unreliable with a proxy, since AFA the machine is concerned, if it can reach the proxy server, it can reach the Internet. A better way is to ping a known IP address outside your gateway.

Like this?

#define FLAG_ICC_FORCE_CONNECTION 1
Declare Integer InternetCheckConnection in Wininet.dll String Url, Long dwFlags, Long Reserved

If InternetCheckConnection("http://www.microsoft.com", FLAG_ICC_FORCE_CONNECTION, 0) != 0
	Msg = "Connected!"
Else
	Msg = "Not connected!"
EndIf
MessageBox(msg)