Checking network status in C#

Question

How do I check that I have an open network connection and can contact a specific ip address in c#? I have seen example in VB.Net but they all use the \'My\' structure. Than

Answer 1

If you're interested in the HTTP status code, the following works fine:

using System;
using System.Net;

class Program {

    static void Main () {
        HttpWebRequest req = WebRequest.Create(
            "http://www.oberon.ch/") as HttpWebRequest;
        HttpWebResponse rsp;
        try {
            rsp = req.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse;
        } catch (WebException e) {
            if (e.Response is HttpWebResponse) {
                rsp = e.Response as HttpWebResponse;
            } else {
                rsp = null;
            }
        }
        if (rsp != null) {
            Console.WriteLine(rsp.StatusCode);
        }
    }

}