Originally posted by Mick_2002
There is a ton of code out there that uses ping to test connectivity before connection, it's even more useful with COM...Older OS/2 ip stacks were fairly unstable so ping was the option of choice before the socket connection.
This is a bit beyond what Jennings wanted, but what about
cases where one is not using TCP/IP? Also, some firewalls
may block ping. It would be nice if there was a function
that did not need ping.