Andy:

Probably some form of ICMP request in this API...

For an experiment try the code I posted (hop count) which returns the number of hops to a destination and see if it

passes your firewall. I think it is similar to tracert but returns the hops to the destination.

I know our firewall can be set up to disregard any ICMP requests.

Regards,

Jack Skelley

Andy Davies wrote:

> Declare Integer InternetCheckConnection in Wininet.dll String Url, Long

> Flags, Long Reserved

> lnResult = InternetCheckConnection("http://leafe.com/",1,0)

> ?IIF(lnResult = 0,'NOT connected', 'Connected') && NOT connected

> * Doesn't work through [our] firewall

> * neither does:

> !ping leafe.com

> * wonder if it uses ping under the hood?

>

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