InetPing falsely returning system available

[tfelber]

I have an application where I am using InetPing to verify a network exists before performing network centric tests.  This has been working successfully, to the best of my knowledge for some time (months).  However I was just running the test and observing the performance when I noticed the function returned a success when I could clearly see the network was not yet up.  I removed the RF connection to ensure the network would not come up and the function is returning the network device is available about 1 in four of five attempts.  What is going on with this function that would cause this sort of problem?

Thank you...

[tfelber · Accepted solution]

So I believe I found the issue.  I re-implemented my code using the MSSDK IcmpEchoSend and found it would receive a response, however the response had an error code associated with it of 11003 which is a WSANO_RECOVERY error (Non-recoverable error, FORMERR, REFUSED, NOTIMP).  This error is not trapped inside the InetPing function and therfore the program was fooled into thinking it was successful.  Using IcmpEchoSend these and other types of errors can be trapped and handled accordingly...

[Mohan]

This issue is known and will be fixed in a future release of CVI.

[Wolfgang]

Hi Mohan,

I haven't found this issue in the 'LabWindows/CVI 2009 Known Issues' list (https://www.ni.com/en/support/documentation/bugs/10/archived--labwindows--cvi--2009-and-2009-sp1-kno...)...

[nickb]

Hey Wolfgang,

We have only just recently found out about this issue - too recently for me to have gotten it into the list.  It will be there on my next revision. 

NickB

National Instruments 

[Wolfgang]

Hi Nick,

Thanks! Let me add the suggestion to display the date of the last revision to the list. This way a visitor might see if there are new entries.

[nickb]

Hey Wolfgang - 

It's already there - just down at the bottom and easy to miss...

NickB

National Instruments 

[Wolfgang]

ah, nice! I'll have to use my glasses next time 🙂

[vix]

Hello Mohan

I'm not able to find the ID of this bug and/or check if it has been fixed in some CVI release.

Could you provide this info, please?

[rcaimano]

Looking at this: https://www.ni.com/en/support/documentation/bugs/10/archived--labwindows--cvi--2009-and-2009-sp1-kno...

It seems to have been resolved with LabWindows/CVI 2009 SP1