6.3. Get Information About a Network Connection

Some applications need to adjust how they work based on whether a network connection is present. For example, imagine a sales reporting tool that runs on the laptop of a traveling sales manager. When the laptop is plugged into the network, the application needs to run in a connected mode in order to retrieve the information it needs, such as a list of products, directly from a database or web service. When the laptop is disconnected from the network, the application needs to gracefully degrade to a disconnected mode that disables certain features or falls back on slightly older data that's stored in a local file. To make the decision about which mode to use, an application needs a quick way to determine the network status of the current computer. Thanks to the new My.Computer.Network object, this task is easy.

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Need to find out if your computer's currently online? With the My class, this test is just a simple property away.

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