.NET 3.5 Console Application: Ping a Server

Christopher Leeiy

Hello all!
Iam a very newbie new person here :)
I want to ping a server, (checking availability) from the console application. If it answers then the program continues, if not, displays error message. Can anybody tell me how to do this?

SO again:

1.) The program asks for server address. (e.g.: eu.logon.com)

2.) Then its pings it.

3.) And if the server answers the the program continues, if its doesnt, then error message.

Source code would be the best, thanks!

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Rajeswari nathan17y ago
Accepted answer
See the bellow code it will use to ping the server

using System;
using System.Net.NetworkInformation;

class MainClass {
    public static void Main(string[] args) {
        using (Ping ping = new Ping()) {
            Console.WriteLine("Pinging:");

            foreach (string comp in args) {
                try {
                    Console.Write("    {0}...", comp);
                    PingReply reply = ping.Send(comp, 100);
                    if (reply.Status == IPStatus.Success) {
                        Console.WriteLine("Success - IP Address:{0}", reply.Address, reply.RoundtripTime);
                    } else {
                        Console.WriteLine(reply.Status);
                    }
                } catch (Exception ex) {
                    Console.WriteLine("Error ({0})",
                        ex.InnerException.Message);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Christopher Leeiy17y ago

Thank you for answer :) Its good, just iam too noob to do it :S

Here is my code:

 using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace Ping2
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string adress;
            Console.WriteLine("Enter server adress:");
            adress = Console.ReadLine();
            // PING Adress Here
            // If answers then the program continue...
            // If not, error message, and exit.

        }
    }
}

User input the adress.
Porgram pings, and if its answers then the program continues, if not its exits.
This is all I would like to do. I dont have to display any results, its just a check.