Thanks for the example Steve. I was pinging an ip address, piping the results to a text file, and then using filetostr to parse it and look for 'unknown host.' It works, but I like your solution better.

Tracy

>Jos,
>
>Here is an example:
>
>

>procedure checkInternetConnection
>
>	local lcWebAddress
>	lcWebAddress = "http://mail.airmail.net"  && change this to a web address located close
>							&& to you
>
>	* lcWebAddress = "http://206.66.12.86"    && or you can hard code the IP address
>	                                              && of a web server
>
>	Declare Integer InternetCheckConnection in Wininet.dll String Url, Long dwFlags, Long Reserved
>
>	If InternetCheckConnection(lcWebAddress, 1, 0) != 0
>		return .t.
>	Else
>		return .f.
>	EndIf
>
>endproc

>
>>Hi Tracy
>>
>>Thanks for this feedback. Can you give an example of the ping etc?
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>Jos
>>
>>
>>>I have not found a complete solution yet though. So what I am doing is using the same function you do first to determine if a connection is configured, and then I ping a known server that is up 24 hours a day. If that is not reached I ping another system through a different route. If I cannot reach either, then I assume the connection is down. This only works if you have an ip address you know should always be reachable though. I guess they could try to reach the required system and if unsuccessful, you'd know its down. I'd like a single solution instead.
>>>
>>>Tracy