detecting loss of internet connection?

[ycomp]

Hi,

I would like to detect if the internet connection has been lost from within my script, while script is running. What is the best way to go about doing this with autoit?

[Tomb]

Hi,

I would like to detect if the internet connection has been lost from within my script, while script is running. What is the best way to go about doing this with autoit?

well this might be crazy but here goes

if your were not connected to the internet, perhaps your ip address would be a blank string returned with @IPAddress1

so you could have in your while loop a check like

While 1
If @IPAddress1 <> "" Then
;your stuff
;can go
;here
Else
MsgBox(0, "", "Connection lost")
ExitLoop
EndIf
WEnd

this might work, but i can't really give a guarantee.

[GEOSoft]

;
If NOT _Connect_Status() Then MsgBox(0, "Connection Status", "The internet connection has been lost")
Func _Connect_Status()
   $cStatus = DllCall("WinInet.dll", "int", "InternetGetConnectedState", "int_ptr", 0, "int", 0)
   Return $cStatus[0]
EndFunc   ;<===> _Connect_Status()
;

Edited April 30, 2008 by GEOSoft

[Muchuchu]

Or for further reference you can always use ping() but both of those examples would probably be the best

[rasim]

ycomp

See here

[ycomp]

thanks guys for the answers... think I'll go the InternetGetConnectedState route (no pun intended

[ycomp]

;
If NOT _Connect_Status() Then MsgBox(0, "Connection Status", "The internet connection has been lost")
Func _Connect_Status()
   $cStatus = DllCall("WinInet.dll", "int", "InternetGetConnectedState", "int_ptr", 0, "int", 0)
   Return $cStatus[0]
EndFunc  ;<===> _Connect_Status()
;

if you guys try this code on XP, do you get a "int_ptr" has been deprecated message? I am on vista and get that message so changed to "int".. question is, will that work on XP as "int" ?

[weaponx]

;
 If NOT _Connect_Status() Then MsgBox(0, "Connection Status", "The internet connection has been lost")
 Func _Connect_Status()
    $cStatus = DllCall("WinInet.dll", "int", "InternetGetConnectedState", "int_ptr", 0, "int", 0)
    Return $cStatus[0]
 EndFunc  ;<===> _Connect_Status()
;

What if you have a router? Doesn't this just check that the network card is active?

[SkinnyWhiteGuy]

I did some Googling on this last night. It checks for Proxy settings, and other tale-tell signs that you "should" have an internet connection. But, even the MSDN page for the function says that this is no indicator that access to any specific host is working, and recommends you use another function to ensure you can still connect to that specific place. This would be a good thing to run before trying to ping someone, it returns really fast, and helps to eliminate more possible places for it to fail.

As for the "int_ptr", when you try to run the function in SciTe, it tells you how to fix it. Do what it says.

[weaponx]

Take a look at this function:

#401573

Edited April 30, 2008 by weaponx

[GEOSoft]

What if you have a router? Doesn't this just check that the network card is active?

I pulled that code from a monitor I put together a while back. At the time my ISP was having some connectivity issues and this told me when they were down.