>I have been requested to come up with a way to check for remote server activity. When I ping the server how can I query the result for a simple answer to see if it responded or timed out?

Steven,

I think you'd have a string that contains either "time=" or "Request timed out". Of course, the remote server has to be set up to actually respond to a ping request or you're out of luck.

Laterness,
Jon