Ping errors...

[koresho]

hey all whenever i try to Ping any host it returns an @error of 1, and I have used well-known sites like Google and such. Obviously my internet still works... any suggestions?

[Jos]

does a regular ping from the commandline work?

[koresho]

no...

thats the wierd thing. My internet works but not ping from the program or from cmd

[Generator]

Some website prevent from over flooding.

[Jos]

no...

thats the wierd thing. My internet works but not ping from the program or from cmd

ok... you were expecting miracles from AutoIt3

Many PC's/Server prevent ICMP packets these days. You could try to open a Port on the server to see if its "alive".

[koresho]

heh

Alright, how do I do that? opening port 80 should work, right? however I dont know how to do that in AutoIt

[Shyke]

$iPing = Ping("www.google.com", 250)
MsgBox(0, "", $iPing)

That doesn't return some number between 1 and 250?

[koresho]

$p = Ping("www.google.com", 250)
MsgBox(0, "", $p)

Returns 0 for me. My network works fine, it may be my works' firewall blocking ICMP I'm not sure. So can I open ports in AutoIt?

[Jos]

Have you checked the Helpfile ?

TCPConnect ()

[waldo]

Is this the only way to test a network connection? When I test using TCPConnect I need the result back fairly quick and for some reason there is a lengthy delay of probably 10 seconds or longer. I need to test whether or not a VPN connection is open or ping a machine on the other side of the VPN connection or something to that effect. But the results are needed quickly.....

[koresho]

haha works perfectly. thanks!