C# Equivalent of "My.Computer.Network.Ping"

Question

Question says it all really, is there a C# answer to VB.NET's My.Computer.Network.Ping ?

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Answer 1

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.networkinformation.ping.aspx

    // args[0] can be an IPaddress or host name.
    public static void Main (string[] args)
    {
        Ping pingSender = new Ping ();
        PingOptions options = new PingOptions ();

        // Use the default Ttl value which is 128,
        // but change the fragmentation behavior.
        options.DontFragment = true;

        // Create a buffer of 32 bytes of data to be transmitted.
        string data = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa";
        byte[] buffer = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes (data);
        int timeout = 120;
        PingReply reply = pingSender.Send (args[0], timeout, buffer, options);
        if (reply.Status == IPStatus.Success)
        {
            Console.WriteLine ("Address: {0}", reply.Address.ToString ());
            Console.WriteLine ("RoundTrip time: {0}", reply.RoundtripTime);
            Console.WriteLine ("Time to live: {0}", reply.Options.Ttl);
            Console.WriteLine ("Don't fragment: {0}", reply.Options.DontFragment);
            Console.WriteLine ("Buffer size: {0}", reply.Buffer.Length);
        }
    }

Answer 2

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.networkinformation.ping.aspx

EDIT: Alternatively, you could add reference to Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll which resides in GAC & use it from c#, than to write code by yourself ;)

Answer 3

Check this page at the bottom in comments section: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/he5sca5t%28VS.80%29.aspx

Somebody already answered your question.

Answer 4

There is a Ping class in the System.Net.NetworkInformation namespace.

Answer 5

Why not just add a reference to the Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll? In Solution Explorer, right click the solution and select Add Reference. When the References dialog appears find and select the Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll, click OK.

Microsoft.VisualBasic.Devices.Network net = new Network();
bool success = net.Ping("www.google.com");