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Description

 

Send ICMP data to a remote machine returning result in a form of multiple info inside a string.

 

Syntax

 

s = INET_Ping(NameOrIp, msTimeOut, DataToSend [, InfoIDToReturn] )

 

Returns

 

String.

 

Parameters

 

Name

Type

Optional

Meaning

NameOrIp

String

No

Name or IP of the remote machine

msTimeOut

Number

No

Timeout in milli secs

DataToSend

String

No

Data to be sent, usually a 32 byte string

InfoIDToReturn

Number

Yes

InfoIDToReturn is a value between 1 to 3.

Use this optional parameter to indicate what info to return. See below table for the possible InfoID.

 

If InfoIDToReturn is zero or not indicated, a string contains all the information separated by $TAB char will be returned.

 

Remarks

 

Information returned are the following:

 

InfoID

Name

Meaning

1

RTT

Time in milliseconds to ping the host

2

ErroCode

Error code. Zero means no error

3

ErrorDescription

Error description in case Erro code is not zero

 

If no InfoIDToReturn is specified, function returns a string contains multiple information separated by $TAB char.

 

Restrictions

 

See also

 

Examples

 

 

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