hosts offline? is ping retarded? wtf's wrong?

[GodForsakenSoul]

i'm trying to find out why my code isn't connecting.

i'm working on a tcp server client thing. i know it's not very new, but i still want to make one.

the issue at hand: ALL FRIGGIN HOSTS ARE OFFLINE!

i discovered this after a few days of unsuccessful connection attempts.

$ping1=InputBox("IP","IP")
$ping=ping ($ping1)
if @error=0 Then
    MsgBox(1,"good","good")
EndIf
If @error=1 then
    MsgBox(1, "bad","host offline")
EndIf
If @error=2 Then
    MsgBox(1, "bad","host unreachable")
EndIf
If @error=3 then
    MsgBox(1, "bad","bad destination")
EndIf
If @error=4 Then
    MsgBox(1, "other","other")
EndIf

this abomination tells me "host offline", and not anything else. i verified this by pinging them via cmd.exe aswell. i have no idea why i expected a different result from cmd.exe, honestly, but i thought it was worth a shot.

now upon discovering the problem i'm now seeking solutions. i tried google. i honestly did. i reached http://ping.eu/ which i'm using to ping my friends, which gets a similar result. the question must be then asked. what THE HELL am doing wrong?

Edited August 5, 2009 by GodForsakenSoul

[Bert]

What happens when you run the ping command from the command line? Does it work there?

[GodForsakenSoul]

i get a "request timed out" problem.

my script tells me "the host is offline".

also... what's a mvp? first time i see one o.O

[GEOSoft]

Using 87.106.244.38 as the IP this is working properly. Perhaps you are getting the IP wrong?

;
$ping1=InputBox("IP","IP")
$ping=ping ($ping1)
if @error=0 Then
   MsgBox(1,"good","good" & @CRLF & @CRLF & $Ping & " ms")
Else
   Switch @Error
      Case 1
         $sMsg = "host offline"
      Case 2
         $sMsg = "host unreachable"
      Case 3
         $sMsg = "bad destination"
      Case 4
         $sMsg = "an unknown error occured"
   EndSwitch
   MsgBox(0, "bad", $sMsg)
EndIf
;

[GodForsakenSoul]

Using 87.106.244.38 as the IP this is working properly. Perhaps you are getting the IP wrong?

;
$ping1=InputBox("IP","IP")
$ping=ping ($ping1)
if @error=0 Then
   MsgBox(1,"good","good" & @CRLF & @CRLF & $Ping & " ms")
Else
   Switch @Error
      Case 1
         $sMsg = "host offline"
      Case 2
         $sMsg = "host unreachable"
      Case 3
         $sMsg = "bad destination"
      Case 4
         $sMsg = "an unknown error occured"
   EndSwitch
   MsgBox(0, "bad", $sMsg)
EndIf
;

after some conversation we found out that she has a router.

apparently, she now needs to go trough the hell of setting up a static ip. which leads to the question: how do everyone else managed to build those tcp client/servers WITHOUT putting the user through living hell for the chance of using it?

[Bert]

i get a "request timed out" problem.

my script tells me "the host is offline".

also... what's a mvp? first time i see one o.O

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