Ping a Remote Server Using C#

In my last post, I shared some code in VBScript to PING a remote server to check for availability before attempting to use a resource on that remote server. This wouldn’t be my blog if I didn’t also share this code in C# as well. IMO, this sort of thing is a far better suited for a .NET Extension if for the SalesLogix Windows client.

To perform a PING using C#, the code is far more straight forward than the VBScript version. No need for shelling the command out and reading back the StdOut. This version reads much nicer:

using System;
using System.Management;

namespace FX.Network.Utility
{
    public class NetworkDiscovery
    {
        public NetworkDiscovery() { }

        public static bool Ping(string Target)
        {
            SelectQuery query = new SelectQuery("Win32_PingStatus", string.Format("Address='{0}'", Target));
            ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(query);

            foreach (ManagementObject result in searcher.Get())
            {
                return (result["StatusCode"] != null && (0 == (UInt32)result["StatusCode"]));
            }
            return false;
        }
    }
}

Enjoy!