How to find if the network cable is unplugged?

[vix]

Is there a function (in CVI or SDK) that can be used to find if a network cable is unplugged, in a WinXP environment?

[Wolfgang]

Hi,

I don't know about SDK functions, but is has been suggested here to use the ping command to check for connectivity (it's not identical to a plugged-in wire, I know)

[Kobi_K]

Hi,

I think the best way is just to use the ping function from the internet lib....

[vix]

I've already used the ping approach in other situations, but this doesn't satisfy me in this specific one.

For this reason I'm looking for a different function.

[Mohan]

You could call ipconfig and parse the output.

[vix]

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@Mohan wrote:

You could call ipconfig and parse the output.

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Output from ipconfig depends on the language of Operating Systems: you find English terms on English OS, Italian terms on Italian OS, and so on.

And so it's impossible to parse this output searching for connection status.