The easiest solution is to shell a ping command, and redirect the output to a temporary file. Open the Temporary file, and have your VB Program read in the lines (compare using instr) and check if there is a timeout, or if there is a response from the server. If there is a response from the server, naturally, the server is up. If you get, instead, a ping timout, then the server is down. If you really want to get fancy about it, you could try to connect the server on port 80 (the web page port), rip apart the HTML, and have it figure if the image is Red or Green. The first option is clearly easier, and is just as effective. Let me know if you need any further assistance in this.

yea, thx, couyld you pls show me how to do this, i couldnt get it to work myself.

also ineed it to run in the system tray, but only if it is easy.

yea this is kinda the first time i have had to do something like this, so im kinda a bit lost.

Why not just look for a script that does this? Try searching HotScripts.com. There are plenty there that do just that.

thx ill chk that,

yea ill just put a better description of what i am trying to do.

this server is used to host the game World of Warcraft, and im trying to get a small program to run that will connect to the server, telling me if the server is up or down. but i dont know how to get it to connect to the server properly.

becasue i have never done anything like this before, i would like sum help doing it.


i can make the UI for it, or even better could someone tell me how to get it to run in the system try so that i can keep it running whilst doing other things.

or if anyone knows of somewhere that i can download a program that already does this simply.

glad to be of help

For Additional Fun, Add A Timer Control To Do This Every 10 Seconds

tha very much mate

you can use cron or the at command on IX flavored systems for "timing"
SNMPD is designed for monitoring systems. Is also installed on IXs by default and sometimes fault on Windows. Loads of good suggestions on this thread guys.