Is it wise to use Reachability to check for a remote host's availability?

Question

Is it wise to use Reachability Class(from Apple) to check for a remote host\'s availability ? say for example, www.google.com

or should I use

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Answer 1

The following code from developer.apple.com might help you..

// Create the request.

NSURLRequest *theRequest=[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.apple.com/"]

                        cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy

                    timeoutInterval:60.0];

// create the connection with the request

// and start loading the data

NSURLConnection *theConnection=[[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:theRequest delegate:self];

if (theConnection) {

    // Create the NSMutableData to hold the received data.

    // receivedData is an instance variable declared elsewhere.

    receivedData = [[NSMutableData data] retain];

} else {

    // Inform the user that the connection failed.

}