Re: How to detect that an internet connection is alive ?

> Btw the solution need not to not connect
> to the internet and not open the dialup
> dialogbox ... It must stay completely passive,
> just a "simple" Yes/No answer ...

This is what I found in our codebase:

BOOL IsThereAnInternetConnection()
{
	//may not work if you are on a LAN but you're connected through a modem
	DWORD dwFlags;
	BOOL bResult = InternetGetConnectedState(&dwFlags, 0);
	return !!bResult;
}


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