In C# verify the ping utility

Question

From C# console application i had open the command prompt and checked the ping utility.

string aptracommand;
aptracommand = "/C ping 10.38.2.73";
Process.Start(@"cmd",aptracommand);

Now , i need to apply a conditional statement if ping request time out then it should say "Not able to connect" and if its able to ping then need to show "Server is up"

Answer 1

You can use Ping class for this purpose. As stated below:

using System.Net.NetworkInformation;

var ping = new Ping();
var reply = ping.Send("10.38.2.73", 60 * 1000); // 1 minute time out (in ms)
if (reply.Status == IPStatus.Success)
{
   Console.WriteLine("Server is up");
}
else
{
   Console.WriteLine("Server is down");
}

You can reduce the time out value to quickly check if server is up or down.