[Mono-list] System.Net.NetworkInformation: network availability

[Christopher David Howie]

On 01/10/2011 03:34 AM, Mattia Vitturi wrote:
> This application needs to recognize if it is working online or offline so on
> my Windows side I added this lines of code:
> 
> var netState = NetworkInterface.GetIsNetworkAvailable();

Are you sure that "GetIsNetworkAvailable()" is answering the right
question?  Perhaps it would be better to test if the application's
server is reachable -- the user may be on *some* network, but still may
not be able to reach the required server.

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