Re: Can Applescript tell if computer is online?

In article <1ia44xt.13adiv31by0hzyN%iterate4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 iterate4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Michael Hawelka) wrote:

> <biz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> > if the computer is not connected to
> > the Internet I would like it to execute some code
> 
> how about something like
> 
> set theResult to ""
> try
>  set theResult to (do shell script "ping -o -t 2 www.google.com")
> end try
> if (theResult contains "1 packets received") then
>  display alert ("i am online")
> else
>  display alert ("i am offline")
> end if

But what if google.com goes down for maintenance?

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