Detecting internet connection

Rails
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Hi,

Is it possible to detect whether the internet connection is on from the
application?

Thanks,

Lantis.

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On 5/23/06, Lantis S. [email protected] wrote:

Is it possible to detect whether the internet connection is on from the
application?

require ‘ping’
puts “connection alive” if Ping.pingecho(“www.gooogle.com”, 10)

You get the idea…

Warren Brian Noronha