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From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:56

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"mat" <mat@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:45d00321@newsgroups.borland.com...

> if i try to ping the pc before connecting will it be a good idea?

No.  Asside from the added overhead of the ping itself, that still
won't tell you whether the server can actually be connected to or not.

> in its onreply even i have
> Memo1->Lines->Add(AnsiString(AReplyStatus.MsRoundTripTime) +" from
> "+AReplyStatus.FromIpAddress);
> i noticed that if i try ping an ip that possible doesnt exist i get
a 1000+
> from 0.0.0.0

The correct thing to do is to first look at the
AReplyStatus.ReplyStatusType member, as that tells you whether the
ping was successful or not.  The rest of the members may or may not be
valid, depending on the type of reply received.


Gambit

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