How to check internet access on Android? InetAddress never times out

Question

I got a AsyncTask that is supposed to check the network access to a host name. But the doInBackground() is never timed out. Anyone have a clue?

Answer 1

Best approach:

public static boolean isOnline() {
    try {
    InetAddress.getByName("google.com").isReachable(3);

    return true;
    } catch (UnknownHostException e){
    return false;
    } catch (IOException e){
    return false;
    }
    }