Internet connection detection

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From: Tog
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 11:17

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Is it possible to detect if the computer is connected to the internet 
_without_ pinging or connecting to a host?

Is there for instance a Win Api call that would tell me if internet 
connection is established or not?

I want to display an icon if my application detects a connection, but I 
don't my application to start pinging some server. If 10.000 copies 
(hypothetically) did this i'd get some angry ISP on my neck :-)

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