How to "ping" a domain name?

Question

Hi,

In Code i want to validate a domain name.

For example : " DomainName.com".

How can i do that in C#.

I worked on MSDN Solution. (Second Solution).

But "PingCompletedCallback" is not getting executed.

Thanx

Answer 1

You could use the Ping class - here's all the info you need on MSDN

Answer 2

I don't think pinging a domain name will tell you anything relevant in a reliable way.

• A domain name can be registered but not connected to a server. Ping requests will fail even though the domain is registered.

• A server can be fully operational but be configured not to respond to ping requests. Ping requests will fail even if the domain is registered and running on a server.

What do you want to do - find out whether a domain is registered, whether it's a valid domain name, or whether it's a working website / mail server ...?

For the first two, I would recommend using a whois service. See for example these C# related questions:

• How to get whois information of a domain name in my program?

• Parse whois answer

Answer 3

There's a class for that;

MSDN Article on System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping

GeekPedia article on asynchronous ping

Short example

Answer 4

Using the System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping class,

using System.Net.NetworkInformation;

Ping sender = new Ping();
PingReply reply = sender.Send ("www.example.com");

if (reply.Status == IPStatus.Success)
{
  Console.WriteLine("Ping successful.");
}

It's untested, but that's the general idea.