How to know if the local Area Connection is available

Question

Dear all

i'm using Win XP and i want to know if the local area is available or not ?!?

and if i'm using another OS would that affect on my code ??!

thnx in advance

Answer 1

Here's how to do it in Delphi.

Answer 2

The source code for ToggleNic shows you how to enable, disable or check for available network connections on windows. This is in C#.