Checking network card statuses

[CBuckley]

Hello, I was just wondering if there was a way to check if a specific network interface was not connected on my computer and then use this to warn the user.

Thanks,

Chris

[James]

Chris,

My suggestion is to use the following:

$ChecK_It = IsAlive()
If StringInStr($ChecK_It, "Not Connected") OR StringInStr($ChecK_It, "OffLine") Then
    MsgBox(0, "", "")
EndIf

Func IsAlive()
   Ping('www.google.com',3000)
   $Internet_Connection_Modem = 0x1
   $Internet_Connection_Lan = 0x2
   $Internet_Connection_Proxy = 0x4
   $Internet_Connection_Modem_Busy = 0x8
   $Internet_Ras_Installed = 0x10
   $Internet_Connection_Offline = 0x20
   $Internet_Connection_Configured = 0x40
   $Ret = DllCall ("WinInet.dll", "int", "InternetGetConnectedState", "int_ptr", 0, "int", 0)
   If $Ret[0] then
    ;check type of connection
      $Sx = ""
      If BitAND ($Ret[1], $Internet_Connection_Modem) Then $Sx = $Sx & "MODEM" & @LF
      If BitAND ($Ret[1], $Internet_Connection_Lan) Then $Sx = $Sx & "LAN" & @LF
      If BitAND ($Ret[1], $Internet_Connection_Proxy) Then $Sx = $Sx & "PROXY" & @LF
      If BitAND ($Ret[1], $Internet_Connection_Modem_Busy) Then $Sx = $Sx & "MODEM_BUSY" & @LF
      If BitAND ($Ret[1], $Internet_Ras_Installed) Then $Sx = $Sx & "RAS_INSTALLED" & @LF
      If BitAND ($Ret[1], $Internet_Connection_Offline) Then $Sx = $Sx & "OFFLINE" & @LF
      If BitAND ($Ret[1], $Internet_Connection_Configured) Then $Sx = $Sx & "CONFIGURED" & @LF
   Else
      $Sx = "Not Connected"
   Endif
   Return $Sx
EndFunc ;<==> Is_Alive()

However, if you have two or more network devices, this will require both of them to be disconnected. Perhaps turn WiFi off if you were to have it enabled.

James

[CBuckley]

Yeah, I tried something similar but the problem being is that it really does need to be dependant on one of my NIC's rather than both. I thought maybe winsock but I haven't used winsock since winsock one and even then I wasn't too good at it.

[James]

CBuckley,

Could you not ping the device you're connecting to?

James